Joel Mokyr GRD ’72 ’74, who received a master’s degree and a doctorate in economics from Yale, received the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday. According to the Nobel Prize press release, Mokyr, a ...
In 1776, Adam Smith famously wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” Economists ...