Get to know the Laureates

Check out all Nobel Laureates to find out more about their groundbreaking ideas and personal stories.

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Claudia Goldin

Nobel Laureate, 2023

How can we better understand the gender gap?
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Douglas Diamond

Nobel Laureate, 2022 

Are financial crises and bank runs unavoidable?
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Joshua D. Angrist

Nobel Laureate, 2021

How much is a college degree really worth?
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Guido W. Imbens

Nobel Laureate, 2021

Can natural experiments lead to credibility?
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David E. Card

Nobel Laureate, 2021

What drives wage inequality?
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Robert B. Wilson

Nobel Laureate, 2020

Can auctions guarantee fair competition?
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Paul R. Milgrom

Nobel Laureate, 2020

Can market design create a more sustainable world?
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Abhijit V. Banerjee

Nobel Laureate, 2019

Can microfinance solve poverty?
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Michael R. Kremer

Nobel Laureate, 2019

Experimental economics examples: Can smaller scale experiments help save the world?
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Esther Duflo

Nobel Laureate, 2019

How can we fight global poverty?
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Paul M. Romer

Nobel Laureate, 2018

Can we build a more future proof world?
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Richard Thaler

Nobel Laureate, 2017

Can people be nudged into making better choices?
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Bengt R. Holmström

Nobel Laureate, 2016

What’s the key to happy, productive employees?
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Oliver S. Hart

Nobel Laureate, 2016

Why’s there no such thing as a perfect contract?
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Sir Angus S. Deaton

Nobel Laureate, 2015

Does wealth always improve your life?
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Jean Tirole

Nobel Laureate, 2014

Are regulated markets the secret to a successful and healthy economy?
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Robert Shiller

Nobel Laureate, 2013

What really influences the financial system?
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Lars Peter Hansen

Nobel Laureate, 2013

How can we deal with uncertainty?
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Lloyd S. Shapley

Nobel Laureate, 2012

When is a game worth playing?
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Alvin E. Roth

Nobel Laureate, 2012

Can economics save lives?
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Thomas J. Sargent

Nobel Laureate, 2011

How can policy changes affect an economy?
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Christopher A. Sims

Nobel Laureate, 2011

How can we solve monetary conflicts?
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Sir Christopher A. Pissarides

Nobel Laureate, 2010

Why is there unemployment when jobs are available?
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Peter A. Diamond

Nobel Laureate, 2010

How can we create better work and pension systems?
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Oliver E. Williamson

Nobel Laureate, 2009

How should firms organize their transactions?
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Elinor C. Ostrom

Nobel Laureate, 2009

Are ordinary people able to self-organize?
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Paul R. Krugman

Nobel Laureate, 2008

How can we reduce inequality?
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Roger B. Myerson

Nobel Laureate, 2007

How can we create a more peaceful world?
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Eric S. Maskin

Nobel Laureate, 2007

How can mathematics help create a better world?
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Edmund S. Phelps

Nobel Laureate, 2006

How can economic stagnation be stopped?
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Robert J. Aumann

Nobel Laureate, 2005

Can game theory end world conflict?
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Finn E. Kydland

Nobel Laureate, 2004

What makes good policy?
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Edward C. Prescott

Nobel Laureate, 2004

When should we worry about public debt?
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Robert F. Engle

Nobel Laureate, 2003

Can we avoid financial crises in the future?
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Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate, 2002

What determines human decisions?
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Vernon L. Smith

Nobel Laureate, 2002

What can experiments tell us about the real-world?
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Michael Spence

Nobel Laureate, 2001

How can developing countries stimulate their growth?
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Joseph E. Stiglitz

Nobel Laureate, 2001

Can economics solve financial injustice?
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Daniel L. McFadden

Nobel Laureate, 2000

What stops people making good decisions?
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James J. Heckman

Nobel Laureate, 2000

What makes our society unequal?
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Robert C. Merton

Nobel Laureate, 1997

How can we reestablish trust in the financial sector?
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Myron S. Scholes

Nobel Laureate, 1997

What is the future of global finance?
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James A. Mirrlees

Nobel Laureate, 1996

How can we create a fair tax system?
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Robert E. Lucas

Nobel Laureate, 1995

Is what we expect tomorrow affecting the economy today?
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Merton H. Miller

Nobel Laureate, 1990

What are the biggest flaws of government?
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William F. Sharpe

Nobel Laureate, 1990

How can we stop poverty in old-age?
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Harry Markowitz

Nobel Laureate, 1990

Can we make risk less risky in the financial world?
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Robert Solow

Nobel Laureate, 1987

Why do some economies grow faster than others?
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James M. Buchanan

Nobel Laureate, 1986

How much freedom should politicians have?
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Franco Modiglian

Nobel Laureate, 1985

What influences our likelihood to save?
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Gérard Debreu

Nobel Laureate, 1983

How does the market work?
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Lawrence R. Klein

Nobel Laureate, 1980

How can we forecast future trends in the global economy?
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Sir Arthur Lewis

Nobel Laureate, 1979

Why does it not pay to exploit the poor?
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Theodore W. Schultz

Nobel Laureate, 1979

What's the value of a human being?
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Herbert Simon

Nobel Laureate, 1978

Are we understanding human behavior?
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Wassily W. Leontief

Nobel Laureate, 1973

How is the global economy interconnected?
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Kenneth J. Arrow

Nobel Laureate, 1972

What’s the future of democracy?
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Paul Samuelson

Nobel Laureate, 1970

Is economics a science?
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James E. Meade

Nobel Laureate, 1977

How will robots change the labor market?

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