### [2012-06-12](/feed/2012/06/12/index.md)

##### Nobel Prize laureate in Economics
# The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Economics, Elinor Ostrom, dies at the age of 78. 




### Sources:

1. [Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/06/12/elinor-ostrom-only-female-nobel-laureate-in-economics-dies/)

### Related:

1. [2001 Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz warns of a "wave of austerity" set to sweep across Europe, triggering a new recession and the demise of the euro, and predicts Spain will enter a "death spiral" - similar to that of Argentina a decade ago - when it is attacked by speculators. ](/feed/2010/10/4/2001-nobel-laureate-economist-joseph-stiglitz-warns-of-a-wave-of-austerity-set-to-sweep-across-europe-triggering-a-ne.md) _Context: Nobel Prize laureate in Economics_