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Princeton economist awarded 2015 Nobel prize

by Noel King
Oct 12, 2015
Scottish-born Angus Deaton is known as a fierce critic of how poverty is measured.
"There are still 700 million people who are poor," Princeton economist Angus Deaton said at a press conference after his Nobel Prize was announced Monday.
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Nobel committee assures winners they're not pranksters

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 12, 2015
Really, they're not.
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Feeling lucky? Bet on the Nobel Prize for literature

by Annie Baxter
Oct 7, 2015
An author from Belarus is among the favorites on overseas gambling sites.
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You too can have a Nobel Prize

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 17, 2015
...if you have at least $150,000 to spare
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A conversation with Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize winner

by David Gura
Oct 13, 2014
The story of the missed call that ended with a Nobel Prize for Jean Tirole.
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Explaining the theory that got Jean Tirole his Nobel

by David Weinberg and Tony Wagner
Oct 13, 2014
In short, Tirole showed the complexities of negotiating with regulators.
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The numbers for October 10, 2014

by Tony Wagner
Oct 10, 2014
There's a new, higher price tag for the fight against ISIS.
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Nobel Prize in Economics winner Lars Peter Hansen on imperfect models

by David Brancaccio
Dec 10, 2013
Nobel Prize in Economics winner Lars Peter Hansen discusses his work.
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Lawrence Klein, 93, pioneer of economic forecasting

by Lizzie O'Leary
Oct 22, 2013
Economist Lawrence Klein predicted that the U.S. economy would roar back after World War II.
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And the Nobel goes to: Rationality (and irrationality)

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Oct 14, 2013
The three men awarded the Nobel Prize in economics are all involved in pricing and stock market indices.
Portraits of US trio Eugene F Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J Shiller, who won jointly the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2013, is seen on a computer screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, on October 14, 2013.
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