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You too can have a Nobel Prize

Feb 17, 2015
...if you have at least $150,000 to spare

A conversation with Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize winner

Oct 13, 2014
The story of the missed call that ended with a Nobel Prize for Jean Tirole.

Nobel Prize in Economics winner Lars Peter Hansen on imperfect models

Dec 10, 2013
Nobel Prize in Economics winner Lars Peter Hansen discusses his work.

Lawrence Klein, 93, pioneer of economic forecasting

Oct 22, 2013
Economist Lawrence Klein predicted that the U.S. economy would roar back after World War II.

And the Nobel goes to: Rationality (and irrationality)

Oct 14, 2013
The three men awarded the Nobel Prize in economics are all involved in pricing and stock market indices.
Portraits of US trio Eugene F Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J Shiller, who won jointly the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2013, is seen on a computer screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, on October 14, 2013.
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Nobel Prize in economics goes to three Americans

Oct 14, 2013
The trio has focused on the behavior of the stock market as well as the efficiency of markets.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical weapons watchdog

Oct 11, 2013
The Nobel Committee's decision highlights the Syrian conflict.

Why is it so hard to make a career as a short story writer?

Oct 10, 2013
Alice Munro's Nobel Prize for Literature is unusual in that she was a short story writer, rather than a novelist. How did she manage to make a career as a short story writer?