Why economic models failEconomist Richard Thaler reveals why economic models often fail. His research shows people do not always act rationally. This departure fro...
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ETtech Explainer: Nobel-winning economists' theories reveal why tech evolves the hard wayThree economists won the Nobel Prize for showing how innovation and creative destruction fuel long-term economic growth. Their work links s...
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Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter HowittThe were honoured, according to a Nobel committee statement, “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Moky...
13 Oct, 2025, 04.22 PM IST
Computer advances and 'invisibility cloak' vie for physics NobelThe Nobel Prize in Physics is set to be announced, with potential honorees recognized for advancements in wavelet theory powering image com...
07 Oct, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Rupee should stabilise once US reduces speed of its rate increases: Economics Nobel winnerIn an email interview to PTI, the American economist also said that when the US raises exchange rates unexpectedly, the dollar tends to app...
27 Nov, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Tinkers', tailors', bankers' Nobel PrizeThe trio has provided solutions to tackle financial crises, with Bernanke guiding the US out of one as chairman of the Federal Reserve betw...
10 Oct, 2022, 11.16 PM IST
Americans Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win Nobel prize in economicsThe award caps a week of Nobel Prizes at a time when much of the world is experiencing the worst recession since World War II because of th...
12 Oct, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
View: Roger Penrose - the man with an eye for beauty and a Physics NobelHis books, from The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physic (1989), to The Roads to Reality: A Complete Guid...
12 Oct, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Literature Nobel awarded to American Louise Gluck for 'unmistakable poetic voice'; 16th woman to be fetedThe 77-year-old Yale professor beat Murakami and Margaret Atwood.
08 Oct, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
ET GBS: Nobel laureates Al Gore, Paul Romer to speakEx-US vice-president Al Gore is a leading voice on environment and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Another Nobel Laureate Paul Romer is an auth...
26 Feb, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
Swedish Academy names literature professor, Mats Malm, as new secretaryPrevious secretary Sara Danius was forced to step down amid her husband Jean-Claude Arnault's #MeToo scandal.
27 Apr, 2019, 01.19 PM IST
From board games to handwritten notes: Everything that Nobel Laureates gave to the Academy museumThe Nobel prize winners donate things that are related to their work.
07 Dec, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Economics Nobel winner Angus Deaton cares deeply about India: Arvind Subramanian, CEA"Angus Deaton's a great scholar, combining theory with empirics. Cares deeply about India. Searingly insightful on foreign aid," Subramania...
12 Oct, 2015, 09.14 PM IST
The $3 million prize may draw people to physics: Ashoke SenAshoke Sen says heoretical physics research doesn't need elaborate infrastructure.
05 Aug, 2012, 11.18 AM IST
Indian scientist Ashoke Sen bags top physics honourSen and eight other scientists will get $3 million each - double of what is given with the Nobel prize. Sen has been awarded for his pionee...
02 Aug, 2012, 11.44 AM IST
- Krugman is the common man's economist
Economics Nobel has gone to someone who is a household name.
15 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Edmund Phelps wins Economics Noble
The 73-year-old Columbia University professor showed how low inflation today leads to expectations of low inflation in the future.
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