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Economic Case for Fighting Climate Change: Stronger Than Ever

Andrei Mihai

Economic Case for Fighting Climate Change: Stronger Than Ever

We've long believed that economic growth and environmental protection are incompatible. But data now tells a different story: fighting climate change isn’t a cost, but a smart investment in future prosperity.

Modern Finance Is Efficient. It’s Also Remarkably Vulnerable

Tibi Puiu

Modern Finance Is Efficient. It’s Also Remarkably Vulnerable

Imagine the global economy as a patient showing troubling signs: rising fevers in inflation, irregular rhythms in credit, and a fragile pulse of confidence. When trust disappears, even healthy-seeming banks can fall, and the entire financial system can unravel in an instant.

#LINOEcon – The Countdown Has Begun!

Nora Dávila Flores

#LINOEcon – The Countdown Has Begun!

Lindau is excited to finally welcome Young Scientists from all over the world. For an easy start we have prepared all information you need in regard of travelling to Lindau and attending the meeting.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024: Showing Why Countries Are Rich or Poor Today

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024: Showing Why Countries Are Rich or Poor Today

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 will be awarded to three Laureates who are trying to understand the reasons for differences in income between countries.

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the decision to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”.

Backing the Wrong Horse: How to Make Better Decisions and Why They Are So Important

Arunima Roy

Backing the Wrong Horse: How to Make Better Decisions and Why They Are So Important

Learn why pigeons act like gamblers and how humour affects our decisions. Lindau Alumna and blogger Arunima Roy reflects about the science behind decision making.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2023: Uncovering the Key Drivers Behind Gender Differences in Pay and Employment

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2023: Uncovering the Key Drivers Behind Gender Differences in Pay and Employment

Claudia Goldin will receive the Economics Prize for her pioneering research that explained why gender differences in earnings and employment rates had changed over time.

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the decision to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”.

Nobel Research From 40 Years Ago Shines a Light on 2023’s Financial Crises

Phil Thornton

Nobel Research From 40 Years Ago Shines a Light on 2023’s Financial Crises

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse shine a light on the work that was awarded with the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022. Bernanke, Diamond and Dybvig focus on financial crisis and bank runs. Phil Thornton links their research with the current crisis; with quotes of Lindau Alumnus Alexander Gruber.

Queuing with Laureates – Personal Lindau Impressions of Young Economist Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Queuing with Laureates – Personal Lindau Impressions of Young Economist Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko, a researcher at the University of Pretoria in South Africa presented her findings during #LINOecon. Here, she reflects on the time she spent in Lindau. The final post on the Lindau experiences of Laureates and Young Economists/Scientists.

Don’t Forget the Big Problems! – Paul R. Milgrom’s Personal Lindau Impressions

Paul R. Milgrom

Don’t Forget the Big Problems! – Paul R. Milgrom’s Personal Lindau Impressions

Laureate Paul R. Milgrom remembers his first Lindau experience and tells us what he left in Lindau.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022: Improving How to Deal With Financial Crises

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022: Improving How to Deal With Financial Crises

The three economists who will share the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences receive the award for demonstrating the importance of preventing widespread bank collapses, particularly during financial crises.