The long reach of life experience affects real-world economic outcomes, for policymakers and consumers alike On October 29, 1929, the roaring twenties came to a sudden close in the United States. In ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in economic sciences was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for explaining how innovation drives economic growth. Their work demonstrates that progress is ...

Earlier this month, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three academics noted for exploring the two most urgent practical questions in their discipline: why do economies grow, and how can we ...

Comedy Central host Jon Stewart explained the impact subsidies have on prices to independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during a Monday appearance on “The Daily Show” while discussing the ...

The winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics underscore how innovation and openness fuel progress—offering lessons for the US–China AI race and the fragility of growth. The 2025 Nobel Memorial ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics feels less like an intellectual honour and more like the next chapter in a continuing conversation about how economies grow. The combined message of Joel Mokyr ...

Three professors who look at how innovation — including technology — drives economic growth will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics. The winners are Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; ...

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On a sunny afternoon aboard an icebreaker in Helsinki’s harbour, it is possible to forget that the border of a warmongering dictatorship is just 150km away. The ships, powerful enough to provide ...

Cyber Monday expected to be biggest online shopping day Mobile shopping to drive 56.1% of online spending Increase of $2 billion projected in "buy now pay later" spending Adobe predicts $9 billion ...

DUBLIN, Calif.—Mira Shah was in sixth grade five years ago when a brush fire ignited on the hill in front of her house. Shah had heard that global warming was making natural hazards like wildfires ...