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Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’. ... Read more...
13 October 2025
Behavior Economist and Nobel Prize Winner Economics Richard H. Thaler is best in joking when a journalist asks him from Stockholm what he will do with the prize. A jovial man also confirms his Belgian colleagu... Read more...
09 October 2017
Professor Paul Charles Cheshire. Economist. For services to Economics and Housing. (London) Professor John Van Reenen. Economist. For services to Economics and Public Policy Making. (Abroad) ... Read more...
31 December 2016
Professor John Van Reenen, who predicted ahead of the referendum that Brexit would cost up to £1,700 per household per year, has been given an OBE for services to economics and public policy making. Othe... Read more...
30 December 2016
A total of 1,197 people, representing “the very best of our nation,” were granted awards, according to a statement from the Cabinet Office. Just over half are women, 9.3 percent are from ethnic min... Read more...
We are economists who care about Britain and its future. We feel compelled to speak out on the risks of Leaving and opportunities from Remaining in the EU. If Britain votes to Leave we believe that: • A recessio... Read more...
21 June 2016
Article by Joan Costa-i-Font, Mireia Jofre-Bonet, Julian Le Grand 02 June 2016 Obesity, particularly in children, is a major health concern in many developed economies, where it presents a costly risk to health ser... Read more...
02 June 2016
Further evidence: children in a London School of Economics and Political Science study from 2014 who had two overweight biological parents were 27 percent more likely than other kids to be overweight, yet adopted childre... Read more...
11 June 2015
Christopher Pissarides, Cyprus's only Nobel Prize laureate, will receive the International Economy Award 2015 of the Kiel-based Institute for the World Economy (IFW), the Cyprus News Agency reported today. ''Unemployment... Read more...
11 March 2015
Veronica Rappoport of the Centre for Economic Performance comments on her choice to be recipient(s) of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics: ''At some point should touch the area of economic growth: Romer, Aghion and... Read more...
10 October 2014