The American Economic Association will begin awarding the Clark Medal every year rather than every other year as it has done since the prize was founded. Because the prize can be given only to an economist under 40, this raises the interesting question of who would have won in the off-years in the past had the prize always been annual.  David Warsh comes up with a pretty good list.

Note that if it appears to you that the runners-up in recent years don’t match up to the heavyweight rejects from past years (Lucas, Tirole, etc.) keep in mind that the more time has passed the more hindsight plays a role.  In 15 years time the true heavyweights of today will be revealed.