Top Economics Articles in the Last 100 Years

This list comprises the top 20 articles in the economics profession's main scholarly journal. The list is interesting for a number of reasons. But for me, chief among them is the fact that Peter Diamond is cited twice for articles on public debt and taxation. This is the same Peter Diamond on whom chief Senate moron Richard Shelby put a hold as a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board because he didn't think he was qualified. Of course, public debt and taxation are not currently important economic issues. Yes, this is the same Peter Diamond who just won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Who elects these Republican yahoos anyway?