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The Nobel Series: Father of national income accounting
27 March 2021 11:35 PM ISTJohn Richard Nicholas Stone’s work was underpinned by a Keynesian theoretical framework — the application of which reached internationally...
The Nobel Series: The mathematical economist
20 March 2021 10:39 PM ISTGerard Debreu’s axiomatization approach established coherent proof of general equilibrium theory, paving way for further research but it also...
The Nobel Series: Pacemaker of industrial organisation
13 March 2021 11:27 PM ISTThrough his extensive contribution in applied research, George Stigler institutionalised information in neoclassical framework and integrated...
The Nobel Series : Father of Portfolio Selection Theory
6 March 2021 10:43 PM ISTJames Tobin showed how individual decisions determine equilibrium price and interest rate, and how fluctuations in financial markets get transmitted...
The Nobel Series: Stalwart of macroeconometric modelling
27 Feb 2021 11:40 PM ISTLawrence Klein's models laid the ground for quantitative analysis of economic policies — at the same time — defined the contours of econometrics
The Nobel Series : Trailblazers of development research
20 Feb 2021 10:56 PM ISTTheodore Schultz’s human capital theory and Arthur Lewis’ dual economy shifted the growth discourse towards developing countries with an intrinsic...
The Nobel Series : Bounded rationality
13 Feb 2021 10:55 PM ISTSimon’s multidisciplinary approach challenged the neoclassical assumption of profit maximisation and redefined decision-making as an effort to achieve...
Masters of International Trade
6 Feb 2021 11:27 PM ISTBertil Ohlin's extension of Ricardian comparative advantage theory to include factors of production and James Meade's stabilisation theory continue to...
Pioneer of Monetary Economics
31 Jan 2021 12:03 AM ISTMilton Friedman’s breakthrough work put Monetary policy on an equal pedestal to Keynesian only-fiscal approach; which continues to shape the political...
The Nobel Series: Kantorovich & Koopmans
23 Jan 2021 11:42 PM ISTLeonid Kantorovich and Tjalling C Koopmans made major contributions to the field of economic planning by way of developing the theory of the optimal...
The Nobel Series : Early institutionalists
16 Jan 2021 11:09 PM ISTIn emphasising the role of in institutions in their economic analysis, Gunnar Myrdal and Friedrich von Hayek paved the way for later research in...
The Nobel Series: Leontief & Input-Output model
9 Jan 2021 10:58 PM ISTWassily Leontief’s input-output model was a pathbreaking tool for analysing inter-sectoral dependencies in the economy — an innovation that helped...