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

Daron Acemoglu

Nobel Laureate, 2024

Why do nations succeed or fail?

James A. Robinson

Nobel Laureate, 2024

How do ideas shape institutions and prosperity?

Claudia Goldin

Nobel Laureate, 2023

How can we better understand the gender gap?

Douglas Diamond

Nobel Laureate, 2022

Are financial crises and bank runs unavoidable?

Joshua D. Angrist

Nobel Laureate, 2021

How much is a college degree really worth?

Guido W. Imbens

Nobel Laureate, 2021

Can natural experiments lead to credibility?

David E. Card

Nobel Laureate, 2021

What drives wage inequality?

Robert B. Wilson

Nobel Laureate, 2020

Can auctions guarantee fair competition?

Paul R. Milgrom

Nobel Laureate, 2020

Can market design create a more sustainable world?

Abhijit V. Banerjee

Nobel Laureate, 2019

Can microfinance solve poverty?

Michael R. Kremer

Nobel Laureate, 2019

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

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 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?

Jean Tirole

Nobel Laureate, 2014

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

Robert 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 Markowitz

Nobel Laureate, 1990

Can we make risk less risky in the financial world?

Robert 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 Modiglian

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 Simon

Nobel Laureate, 1978

Are we understanding human behavior?

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 Samuelson

Nobel Laureate, 1970

Is economics a science?

James E. Meade

Nobel Laureate, 1977

How will robots change the labor market?

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