Economics seeks to cleanse its name
(C) LSE Events On 14 October 2019, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Abhijeet Bannerjee, Esther Duflo, and Micheal…
The 2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In October 2019, Peter Handke received the Nobel Prize in Literature, an award whose legitimacy he once questioned. Not only…
Sir Arthur Lewis, today
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it – especially in the case of economics. The vigorous…
Impromptu celebration in 32 Lincoln’s Inn as Michael Kremer finds out about Nobel Prize win on LSE Campus
Dr Michael Kremer celebrated his Nobel Prize win with staff and students at LSE on Monday, 14 October, after he…
Richard Thaler: Patient and Pertinent
It is a common perception that the field of Economics is inherently selfish. Early theorists in the discipline such as…
Detecting Ripples in Spacetime: What It Means and Why It Matters
Since childhood, I have had an unashamed love of sci-fi films. Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Alien,…
