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The Economics Nobel returns to growth: Why innovation still matters
October 29, 2025 1:23 pm
After years of prizes focused on niche or data-driven themes, the 2025 Nobel in Economics puts growth theory back at the centre of the discipline. By honouring Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt for their work on innovation and creative destruction, the prize reaffirms the timeless question: what truly drives prosperity?
UPSC Issue at a Glance | Nobel Prize 2025 Overview: Winners, Themes and Key Takeaways
November 10, 2025 11:44 am
This year's Nobel Prizes have awarded discoveries and achievements that have benefitted humankind in a myriad of ways. Who all won the 2025 Nobel Prize and why? Here is an exclusive coverage of 2025 Nobel Prize for your UPSC CSE and other competitive exams.
A history of creative destruction: From Karl Marx to the 2025 Economics Nobel winners
October 14, 2025 6:20 pm
A look at the evolution of the theory of creative destruction, widely regarded by economists as a defining feature of capitalist economies.
The Nobel Prize just validated the most powerful idea in AI Economics – creative destruction of intelligence
October 21, 2025 7:25 am
It isn’t just theory – as large language models transform industries, progress requires not just invention, but institutions to manage its fallout
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2025: How the winners explained economic growth becoming the new normal
October 14, 2025 4:38 pm
The work of the newly minted Nobel laureates lies at the heart of many of the burning debates at present. Should governments subsidise R&D in companies? Should they subsidise social welfare?
Knowledge nugget of the day: Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024
October 20, 2024 1:34 pm
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 was announced on Monday. Who are the winners? How significant is their findings in understanding the relationship between institutions and the nation's prosperity? Here's all you need to know.
What the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize winner says on women’s aspirations, role in workforce and pay gap
October 15, 2023 1:33 pm
While Claudia Goldin's 2021 book focuses on American women, in an increasingly globalised world many of her observations resonate elsewhere — such as “the problem with no name”. Here's a brief look at her arguments.
ExplainSpeaking | Economics Nobel 2023: How marriage, parenthood, and the pill impact women in the workforce
October 10, 2023 10:19 pm
Compared with men, a lower percentage of women come out of home demanding work and a lower percentage hold jobs. Moreover, when they do join the workforce, they end up earning less than men. Goldin has studied the reasons behind this for years.
This year’s Nobel laureates shone the light on ways to address poverty
October 16, 2019 11:00 am
Working alongside Esther and Abhijit for more than a decade has given me immense appreciation for the brilliant yet unpretentious people they are, especially with the staff they work with.
Had no doubt that Abhijit Banerjee would get Nobel Prize, says friend and IUCAA director
October 15, 2019 9:16 am
Talking to The Indian Express, Raychaudhury said, Banerjee was a kind of person who would have been at the top regardless of whichever subject he had taken.
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