CAMBRIDGE, MA - OCTOBER 14: Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, who share a 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics with Michael Kremer, answer questions during a press conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 14, 2019 in Cambridge, Getty ImagesThe 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their pioneering work alleviating global poverty. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the winners “considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. Duflo is the second woman and the youngest person to ever receive the prestigious award in the field of economics. The trio will evenly split the 9 million Swedish Krona prize ($916,474 USD). Even with all of the work focusing on reducing global poverty, it is still the most pressing issue for humanity.

Source: Forbes October 14, 2019 15:33 UTC