Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences Awarded for Work in Reducing Poverty The Nobel Committee awarded the prize to three economists: Abhijit Banarjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. Göran K. Hansson, Nobel Academy Secretary General, via NPR News The Nobel academy highlighted the economists efforts in chunking down issues of global poverty into smaller, more manageable questions. Esther Duflo is the youngest person and the second woman to win the prize in economics. She teaches at MIT with Abhijit Banarjee. The two are married. Michael Kremer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a professor at Harvard University. The three recipients will split the $915,300 monetary award.
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