2009 Nobel Laureate in Economics Elinor Ostrom

A couple of Wednesdays ago I had the pleasure of attending a lecture and seminar presented by Elinor Ostrom, recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics. It was a great lecture and seminar. Elinor and her husband, Vincent, have an appreciation of the complexity and diversity of human beings and their economic systems. Their research explores, among other things, governance without the need for an explicit government. In addition to being a brilliant scholar, Elinor was also a very pleasant person to meet and be around.