Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• What is 'mechanism design theory?'
  A retired professor from the University of Minnesota became the oldest person ever honored with a Nobel Prize Monday. Leonid Hurwicz, 90, will share this year's Nobel in economics "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." What does that mean in layman's terms?11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Louis Johnston: Professor of economics at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in Collegeville. Johnston studied under Leonid Hurwicz.
  More from MPR
  U of M economist wins Nobel Prize (10/15/2007)
• Survivors of bridge collapse still healing in body and soul
  Lindsay Petterson and Erica Gwillim were both driving south on the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis when it collapsed on Aug. 1. They were injured in the accident, and are still recovering physically and mentally.12:00 p.m.
  More from MPR
  Costs of rebuilding the I-35W bridge go beyond concrete and steel (10/14/2007)
  Warm concrete and warm fingers are the secret to wintertime bridge construction (10/11/2007)
  Still no decision from lawmakers on bridge funding (10/09/2007)
  MnDOT unveils design of 35W bridge (10/08/2007)
  Resources
  Lindsay Petterson's Caring Bridge Web site

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