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

Esther Duflo

Nobel Laureate, 2019

How can we fight global poverty?

Paul M. Romer

Nobel Laureate, 2018

Can we build a more future proof world?

Richard H. Thaler

Nobel Laureate, 2017

Can people be nudged into making better choices?

Bengt R. Holmström

Nobel Laureate, 2016

What’s the key to happy, productive employees?

Oliver S. Hart

Nobel Laureate, 2016

Why’s there no such thing as a perfect contract?

Sir Angus S. Deaton

Nobel Laureate, 2015

Does wealth always improve your life?

Robert J. Shiller

Nobel Laureate, 2013

What really influences the financial system?

Lars Peter Hansen

Nobel Laureate, 2013

How can we deal with uncertainty?

Lloyd S. Shapley

Nobel Laureate, 2012

When is a game worth playing?

Alvin E. Roth

Nobel Laureate, 2012

Can economics save lives?

Thomas J. Sargent

Nobel Laureate, 2011

How can policy changes affect an economy?

Christopher A. Sims

Nobel Laureate, 2011

How can we solve monetary conflicts?

Sir Christopher A. Pissarides

Nobel Laureate, 2010

Why is there unemployment when jobs are available?

Peter A. Diamond

Nobel Laureate, 2010

How can we create better work and pension systems?

Oliver E. Williamson

Nobel Laureate, 2009

How should firms organize their transactions?

Elinor C. Ostrom

Nobel Laureate, 2009

Are ordinary people able to self-organize?

Paul R. Krugman

Nobel Laureate, 2008

How can we reduce inequality?

Roger B. Myerson

Nobel Laureate, 2007

How can we create a more peaceful world?

Eric S. Maskin

Nobel Laureate, 2007

How can mathematics help create a better world?

Edmund S. Phelps

Nobel Laureate, 2006

How can economic stagnation be stopped?

Robert J. Aumann

Nobel Laureate, 2005

Can game theory end world conflict?

Finn E. Kydland

Nobel Laureate, 2004

What makes good policy?

Edward C. Prescott

Nobel Laureate, 2004

When should we worry about public debt?

Robert F. Engle

Nobel Laureate, 2003

Can we avoid financial crises in the future?

Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate, 2002

What determines human decisions?

Vernon L. Smith

Nobel Laureate, 2002

What can experiments tell us about the real-world?

Michael Spence

Nobel Laureate, 2001

How can developing countries stimulate their growth?

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Nobel Laureate, 2001

Can economics solve financial injustice?

Daniel L. McFadden

Nobel Laureate, 2000

What stops people making good decisions?

James J. Heckman

Nobel Laureate, 2000

What makes our society unequal?

Robert C. Merton

Nobel Laureate, 1997

How can we reestablish trust in the financial sector?

Myron S. Scholes

Nobel Laureate, 1997

What is the future of global finance?

James A. Mirrlees

Nobel Laureate, 1996

How can we create a fair tax system?

Robert E. Lucas

Nobel Laureate, 1995

Is what we expect tomorrow affecting the economy today?

Merton H. Miller

Nobel Laureate, 1990

What are the biggest flaws of government?

William F. Sharpe

Nobel Laureate, 1990

How can we stop poverty in old-age?

Harry M. Markowitz

Nobel Laureate, 1990

Can we make risk less risky in the financial world?

Robert M. Solow

Nobel Laureate, 1987

Why do some economies grow faster than others?

James M. Buchanan

Nobel Laureate, 1986

How much freedom should politicians have?

Franco Modigliani

Nobel Laureate, 1985

What influences our likelihood to save?

Gérard Debreu

Nobel Laureate, 1983

How does the market work?

Lawrence R. Klein

Nobel Laureate, 1980

How can we forecast future trends in the global economy?

Sir Arthur Lewis

Nobel Laureate, 1979

Why does it not pay to exploit the poor?

Theodore W. Schultz

Nobel Laureate, 1979

What's the value of a human being?

Herbert A. Simon

Nobel Laureate, 1978

Are we understanding human behavior?

James E. Meade

Nobel Laureate, 1977

How will robots change the labor market?

Wassily W. Leontief

Nobel Laureate, 1973

How is the global economy interconnected?

Kenneth J. Arrow

Nobel Laureate, 1972

What’s the future of democracy?

Paul A. Samuelson

Nobel Laureate, 1970

Is economics a science?

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