Peter Diamond Wins Nobel Prize, Obama's Fed Nominee

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 5:26PM EDT / Published Oct. 11, 2010 7:55AM EDT

This Nobel is probably only going to hurt him win the approval of Senate Republicans: Peter Diamond, one of the three economists to win a Nobel prize on Monday, was nominated to the Federal Reserve by President Obama, but has not been confirmed because Senate Republicans have held up his nomination. Diamond and his co-winners’ research focuses on gaps between classical economic theory and the real world—for example, why people can have difficulty finding a home to buy even when there are many unsold properties on the market. He was also a mentor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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Peter Diamond Wins Nobel Prize, Obama's Fed Nominee