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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics. Who are they?

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Redmond Carolipio
Oct 8, 2018
The work of William Nordhaus focused on climate change, while Paul Romer examined tech factors in calculating economic growth.
Per Stroemberg, Goeran K Hansson and Per Krusell announce the laureates of the Nobel Prize in Economics during a press conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 8, 2018. - The Nobel Prize for Economic sciences 2018 was awarded US economists Paul M Romer and William D Nordhaus. 
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Nobel laureate Richard Thaler is "like the boy pointing out the emperor is wearing no clothes"

by David Brancaccio
Oct 9, 2017
Previous Nobel winner Robert Shiller talks about Thaler's intolerance of bad economic research and why psychology is so important.
University of Chicago Professor Richard Thaler arrives at his office after learning he had been awarded the Nobel prize in economics.
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The Nobel Committee can't find Bob Dylan

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 17, 2016
They're trying to give him the Nobel prize for literature — but he's blowin' in the wind (sorry).
Bob Dylan performs onstage during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field on October 7, 2016 in Indio, California.  
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A Nobel prize for economic theory you can understand

by Scott Tong
Oct 10, 2016
Contract theory is all about putting incentives in the right place
IT Professor Bengt Holmstrom during a press conference at MIT announcing his shared Nobel Prize in Economics with Harvard Professor Oliver Hart on October 10, 2016 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Holmstrom and Hart won the prize for their work on contract theory. 
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MIT's Bengt Holmstrom and Harvard's Oliver Hart win Nobel prize in economics

by Dan Gorenstein
Oct 10, 2016
The two were awarded for their work on contract theory.
From left to right: Tomas Sjoestroem, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel; Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; and Per Stromberg, Chairman of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, attend a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences where they present the laureates for the Nobel prize in economics.
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Economist Paul Romer on why macroeconomists are ‘totally off base’

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 7, 2016
The NYU professor and World Bank chief economist has caused a bit of hubub in the dismal science.
Paul Romer speaks at the Disruptive Innovation Awards at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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You've won the Nobel Prize in economics. Now what?

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 12, 2015
For many, day-to-day routines remain the same but opportunities abound.
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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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