If the human capital and quality of life theories are right, the Midwest would be a half-century into a century-long period ...

Economists have developed three competing explanations, or theories, to explain differences in economic growth between ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 08 - Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Why do some countries achieve sustained ...

Former Harvard Economics professor Philippe M. Aghion won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on economic growth and innovation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Oct. 13.

Peter Howitt, Aghion’s long-time collaborator, gave this framework mathematical precision in their landmark 1992 paper A Model of Growth through Creative Destruction. They showed that firms’ pursuit ...

The award went to three researchers from the United States, Canada and France for explaining how technological progress leads to prosperity.Economists from the US, Canada and France were awarded this ...

FROM THE point of view of the 1950s, America’s economic progress over the 70 years that followed has been a huge disappointment. Futurists foresaw a world of super-pills, space farms and cities ...

Iran’s economic engine is losing momentum. According to new data from the Statistical Center of Iran, the country’s gross ...

Monrovia, March 11, 2025 – The World Bank today launched its flagship report, the Liberia Country Economic Memorandum, titled “Escaping the Natural Resource Trap: Pathways to Sustainable Growth and ...