Nobel Prize in Economics

Does the 2024 Nobel-winning economic research tell the whole story?

The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2024 was awarded to three American economists whose research explained why some countries are rich and others poor.

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million).

Bengali Nobel laureate Abhijit at a glance

Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, French-American Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US win the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty.

Abhijit, Duflo and Kremer win 2019 Nobel economics prize

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences say.

October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024

Does the 2024 Nobel-winning economic research tell the whole story?

The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2024 was awarded to three American economists whose research explained why some countries are rich and others poor.

October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million).

October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019

Bengali Nobel laureate Abhijit at a glance

Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, French-American Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US win the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty.

October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019

Abhijit, Duflo and Kremer win 2019 Nobel economics prize

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences say.