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19 hours agoTrio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth
Three experts in the power of technology to drive economic growth have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in economics. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University secured half of the 11m Swedish kronor (867,000) prize, with the rest split between two other academics: Philippe Aghion of the College de France, Insead business school and the London School of Economics; and Peter Howitt of Brown University.
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