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How the GDP magic failed
Book review of GDP: The World's Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Change
 "How the GDP magic failed")
Telecom spectrum auction: How this year's Nobel-winning idea failed India
The bridge that Milgrom and Wilson built was the 1994 auction of telecommunications spectrum by the Federal Communications Commission
 "Telecom spectrum auction: How this year's Nobel-winning idea failed India")
Economics Nobel shows that economists are starting to think like engineers
Most economic theories are basically mathematical parables. Although they're written in equations, the variables in those equations only loosely correspond to real-world things that we can measure
 "Economics Nobel shows that economists are starting to think like engineers")
Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson win 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics
They were awarded for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
 "Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson win 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics")
Americans Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win 2020 Nobel prize in economics
The winners were announced in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2019 Economics Nobel laureates to donate prize money to fund research
Duflo, who is married to Banerjee, and Kremer will also donate their Nobel prize money
 "2019 Economics Nobel laureates to donate prize money to fund research")
Development economics after the Nobel Prize
In a world of crushing inequality and aggregate demand stagnation, the new laureates bring some cheer in showing us that incremental changes pursued steadfastly can add up to a lot
 "Development economics after the Nobel Prize")
The discovery of dark matter
This could eventually lead to better understanding of places where life is most likely to exist
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Inflation not a bad thing! Highlights of Abhijit Banerjee's take on economy
Abhijit Banerjee, who recently won the Economics Nobel Prize, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, spoke to Rajesh Kumar about the concerns facing the Indian economy; here are the highlights
 "Inflation not a bad thing! Highlights of Abhijit Banerjee's take on economy")
BJP's personal criticism is upsetting: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Goyal called Banerjee "totally Left leaning" and said "the people of India have rejected his thinking". Sinha said, "Those people whose second wives are foreigners are mostly getting Nobel Prize"
Your job is to revive economy, not to run 'comedy circus': Priyanka to govt
Priyanka Gandhi was attacking Union minister Piyush Goyal after Goyal said Nobel Laureate Banerjee is left leaning and the idea of NYAY proposed by Congress was rejected by the people of India
 "Your job is to revive economy, not to run 'comedy circus': Priyanka to govt")
Poverty biggest problem in the world, says Abhijit Banerjee's mother
Although Abhijit likes to focus on data and has a passion for mathematics, which Nirmala puts it, is logic explained in theories, the Nobel laureate has a liking to associate with people
 "Poverty biggest problem in the world, says Abhijit Banerjee's mother")
Do the winners of 2019 economics Nobel focus too much on micro welfare?
Immigration and growth would help more than addressing the winners' 'manageable questions.'
 "Do the winners of 2019 economics Nobel focus too much on micro welfare?")
Why Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer were chosen for 2019 Economics Nobel
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of the MIT, and Micheal Kremer of Harvard University, have been awarded for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
Economics Nobel celebrates laureates for asking the right questions
The Nobel Prize just awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer is the second in five years to be won by development economists
 "Economics Nobel celebrates laureates for asking the right questions")
'Delighted', Manmohan Singh congratulates Abhijeet Banerjee on Nobel win
Amartya Sen was the first Indian economist to win the Nobel Prize in 1998
 "'Delighted', Manmohan Singh congratulates Abhijeet Banerjee on Nobel win")
Hope NYAY which Banerjee helped conceptualize becomes reality: Priyanka
On Monday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had also hailed Banerjee for winning the Nobel
 "Hope NYAY which Banerjee helped conceptualize becomes reality: Priyanka")
The Abhijit Banerjee I knew, and the geometry problem he gave me
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting poverty.
 "The Abhijit Banerjee I knew, and the geometry problem he gave me")
A prize for evidence-based policy
Econ Nobelists transformed policy evaluation
Indian economy on a shaky ground, says Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
"In the last five-six years, at least we could witness some growth, but now that assurance is also gone," Banerjee told a news channel from the US
 "Indian economy on a shaky ground, says Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee")