Economics Prize wraps up unpredictable Nobel seasonEsther Duflo, who won the economics prize in 2019, was the second woman to be awarded the prize, after Elinor Ostrom in 2009. STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Economics Prize on Monday wraps up a Nobel season characterised by surprising picks, with a number of women in with a chance of scooping the traditionally male-dominated prize. According to Clarivate, which maintains a list of potential Nobel Prize winners, other potential macroeconomists that could be honoured are Japan's Nobuhiro Kiyotaki and his at-times writing partner John Moore of the UK. The economics prize was the only prize not among the original five set out by the will of Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. The chemistry prize went to Germany's Benjamin List and Scottish-American David MacMillan for their work on catalysts.

Source: Bangkok Post October 11, 2021 03:11 UTC