The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Nobel Prize Winner's Work Shines Light on Altruism

Elinor Ostrom, the Indiana University scholar who is the co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, was not well known, even to economists, before the award was announced this month. It is probable that few scholars or people who work in the nonprofit world had ever heard of her. Until now, no reference to her work...

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