Including this yearâs economics and chemistry recipients.
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In an open letter released Tuesday and addressed to the American people, 70 Nobel laureates âstrongly and fullyâ endorsed Hillary Clinton for the presidency. âTo preserve our freedoms, protect our constitutional government, safeguard our national security, and ensure that all members of our nation will be able to work together for a better future,â the letter began, âit is imperative that Hillary Clinton be elected as the next President of the United States.â The Nobel recipients in economics, physics, chemistry, and medicine suggested that the next president must be someone displaying âvigorous support for science and technologyâ and someone with the intent to promote innovation with âsensible immigration and education policiesâ to bolster the scientific workforce. Among the signatories were this yearâs economics prize recipient Oliver Hart, and this yearâs chemistry prize winner J. Fraser Stoddart. Noticeably absent from the letter is 2008 economics Nobel prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who has been quite supportive of Clintonâs policies in the past.