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Nobel Prize
A Nobel laureate's take on what's wrong with our economic system
Oct 25, 2024
James Robinson and his colleagues' work explores why some countries are rich and others are poor, and why those income gaps persist.
Nobel laureate Simon Johnson on AI and the workforce
by
David Brancaccio
, Ariana Rosas
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 15, 2024
Johnson's work focuses on how institutions shape economies.
Exclusive: Transit Books to publish more works from Nobel laureate Jon Fosse
Oct 10, 2024
The independent press run by a husband and wife team has grown its revenue and staff since Fosse won the Nobel in 2023.
Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin on remote work's potential to narrow gender pay gaps
by
David Brancaccio
, Ariana Rosas
and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 13, 2023
Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics, discusses the impact of care responsibilities disproportionately falling on women.
Nobel winner advances understanding of women and the labor market
Oct 9, 2023
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin has illuminated issues such as the gender gap in pay, child and elder care, and the shortfall in women economists.
Economic historian Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics for research on gender pay gap
by
David Brancaccio
and Chris Farrell
Oct 9, 2023
Claudia Goldin's work explores women's experience of the labor market and what factors drive the gender gap.
Preparing for a bump in book sales, post-Nobel win
Oct 6, 2023
The new Nobel laureate in literature, Jon Fosse, is known in much of the world, but has yet to become a household name in the US.
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A Nobel Prize-winning economist's view of bank runs and deposit insurance
by
David Brancaccio
and Jarrett Dang
Oct 19, 2022
Professor Philip Dybvig, co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, co-authored a seminal paper on how deposit insurance can help prevent financial crises.
One prized Nobel effect: a bump in book sales
Oct 6, 2022
The award can boost sales for a little known author, and can also highlight a field of research.
Nobel Prize Economist David Card on testing Econ 101 theories in the real world
by
Daniel Shin
and Rose Conlon
Oct 12, 2021
UC Berkeley Economist David Card reflects on his now Nobel Prize winning research.