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Two Americans win Nobel for economics

NPR | By Scott Horsley
Published October 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDT

This year's Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to two Americans, for their work on ways to limit booms and busts in the business cycle.

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Scott Horsley
Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.

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