Univ of Chicago, Princeton churn out maximum Nobel-winning economists

Nobel prize-winning economists have been clustered among a small group of prestigious universities. On Monday, Angus Deaton became the sixth economist affiliated with Princeton University to receive a Nobel prize. Deaton was awarded about $975,000 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his research into policy responses to poverty and how individual choices shape a broader economy.  Since the Nobel economics prize was first awarded in 1969, the University of Chicago has dominated, producing 12 Nobel-winning economists. Here’s a breakdown of the universities with multiple Nobel prize winners since the economics award was first given in 1969. The numbers in parentheses are the number of Nobel prizes won. University of Chicago (12) Princeton University (6) University of California, Berkeley (5) University of Cambridge, UK (4) Columbia University (4) Harvard University (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4) Yale University (3) Arizona State University (2) Carnegie Mellon University 2 George Mason University (2) New York University (2) University of Oslo (2) Stanford University (2) AP