Last Nobel prize of the year to be announced for economics

NPR | By Scott Horsley,

Michel Martin

Published October 12, 2026 at 4:35 AM EDT

The Nobel Prize in Economics, the sixth and last of this year's awards, will be announced today in Sweden.

Economy

Scott Horsley

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.

Michel Martin

Michel Martin is a host of Morning Edition.

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