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Institutions and Inclusiveness
Column Published in syndication October 16, 2024

Although most people are not interested in the details of pure economic research, the discoveries can affect the daily lives of virtually everyone by shaping public policy or even the way we think about the world. This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics has been awarded (long overdue) to three researchers "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." The winners (Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson) are all affiliated with US universities (MIT and the University of Chicago).

Women Working
Column Published in syndication October 11, 2023

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for this year has been awarded to American Claudia Goldin of Harvard University for her work in explaining changes in women's earnings and participation in the labor market. Dr. Goldin examined more than 200 years of data (much of it gathered through painstaking sleuthing through obscure sources) to identify the causes of changes and the primary forces behind the lingering gender pay gap.