The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford. This was announced by the Nobel Committee:
“The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, established in memory of Alfred Nobel, to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for ‘the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization’,” the statement reads.
Recall that on October 5, it was announced that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded to scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to American astrophysicist Francis Halzen, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Sui, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian author Anne Carson, and the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanetham “Navi” Pillai.
