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Two Americans win Nobel for economics

NPR | By Scott Horsley

Published October 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM PDT

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.

Scott Horsley

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.

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