The Nobel brand is losing its luster

There have been a few Peace Prize recipients who have made (or left) the world a more dangerous place (off the top of my head, I am thinking El-Baradei, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, and Yasser Arafat).

But now, it's spreading to an Economics Prize recipient (via Don Boudreaux). Tyler Cowen does the Nobel-worthy book review, and ends with:

Ms. Klein also tellingly remarked, "I believe people believe their own bullsh**. Ideology can be a great enabler for greed."

When it comes to the best-selling "Shock Doctrine," that is perhaps the bottom line on what Klein herself has been up to.