Economists shortlisted for £250,000 Wolfson prize
The Wolfson Economics Prize has challenged economists to prepare a contingency plan for a break-up of the eurozone.
The person deemed to have come with the best idea will be awarded £250,000.
The shortlist consists of Roger Bootle and his team at Capital Economics; private investor Cathy Dobbs; Jens Nordvig and Nick Firoozye from Nomura Securities; Neil Record from Record Currency Management and Variant Perception's Jonathan Tepper.
BBC Radio 5 live Wake Up To Money asked Derek Scott, chairman of the judging panel, how they whittled down the 425 entries.
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03 Apr 2012
- From the section Business