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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progress, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt showcased how new technologies drive productivity by displacing outdated ones.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'.

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Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.