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Sunday, November 2, 2025
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Topic: economics

2025 Nobel in economics—what the economists did to win the prize

Joel Mokyr identified prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt showcased how new technologies drive productivity by displacing outdated ones.

With changing student & faculty demographic, Ashoka students look beyond traditional Humanities

Data shows a trend setting in of more Ashoka University students opting for majors that offer relatively secure career prospects, such as Economics, Finance, and Psychology.

New book explores Indian economy and policy reforms from 2019-2024

Published by Penguin India, 'The Ten Trillion Dream Dented' will be released on 29 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

Exploring ‘Time crystals’ to maritime Islamic laws: Meet the 6 young researchers to win Infosys Prize

The names of the winners for this year were unveiled Thursday. In a first, all 6 were under 40 years of age, in line with Infosys Science Foundation’s new rule.

2024 Nobel Prize in Economics disregards history. It minimises effects of race, colonialism

The Nobel Prize in Economics generates an implied hierarchy of knowledge, and rewards particular ways of thinking. This has great consequence for what ideas are spread and adopted.

SubscriberWrites: A lesson largely ignored

The simplicity and clarity with which Hazlitt explains essentials of public choice economics and in the process blows away every single Keynesian myth and fallacy is truly unique.

India sees number of unicorns fall for first time since 2017, well below govt’s 100-plus claim

The ‘Global Unicorn Index 2024’ by Hurun noted that Indian entrepreneurs were creating more unicorns outside the country, and also highlighted the slowdown in start-up funding in India.

Bitgert Coin's 70% Month-on-Month Jump Spurs Expectations of a 700% Upswing

Bitgert’s rock-solid fundamentals lend it an upper hand on even the top industry players. It is now officially the first zero-gas blockchain with a speed of 100K TPS.

Will Xi’s ‘dear friend’ Putin help stop the economic damage China faces? Question for BRI at 10

Manufacturing in China has contracted for the fifth straight month, prompting authorities to announce a series of tax reliefs and incentives to fuel consumer spending.

Birth control pill & the women workforce — 2023 Economics Nobel awardee Claudia Goldin’s seminal work

One of 2 authors of 'Power of the Pill', Goldin received Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for advancing 'our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes'.

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.