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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicEconomics

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progress, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt showcased how new technologies drive productivity by displacing outdated ones.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

What the UAE President’s sudden visit to India reveals about regional strategic trust

The significance of visit lay precisely in the combination— limited time, expansive representation, substantive outcomes. Such visits do not occur when pressing issues are absent.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.