3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how ...
Opinion

The Nobel Nods at Economic Growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt explain how knowledge and freedom combine to produce prosperity.

Northwestern University professor shares Nobel Prize in Economics

Joel Mokyr was lauded by the Nobel committee Monday for demonstrating how innovations become a “self-generating process.” ...
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Point: STEM is important, but economics is destiny

In late February, students at dozens of U.S. high schools participated in the first round of an international competition in economics. The top five American students will travel to historic Olympia, ...

Q&A: How do companies grow? Economics study shows surprising findings on growth strategies

Firm growth drives job creation and allocation of resources. The importance of particular modes of growth, their ...
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Novel study quantifies immense economic costs of mental illness in the U.S.

Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion annually, which is equivalent to the average economic recession, according to a new study co-authored by Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski. The ...
Phys.org

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss—study calls for shift in how we value nature

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss, according to a new international study led by Aberystwyth University academics, which calls for a fundamental shift in how nature is ...

NY Fed's Williams stresses importance of financial markets resilience

Financial market conditions deteriorated in March to levels near or worse than those seen during the 2008 economic crisis, and it is important to study the causes of that volatility and determine ways ...