“Economists won a Nobel for managing shocks.”
5 sources: apnews.com, edu.sg, nobelprize.org, pbs.org, ubs.com. The 2026 economics laureates, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, were awarded the prize for work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. The Nobel organization says their models help policymakers respond to economic shocks, so the claim is a fair shorthand.
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2025 Nobel Economics Prize Winners: Innovation and Growth2 American economists win Nobel for work on managing economic shocks
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