Economics prize wraps up Nobel season full of surprises
The economics prize has only been awarded to two women in history, but there are plenty of candidates in the running.
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The economics prize has only been awarded to two women in history, but there are plenty of candidates in the running.
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists who criticized authoritarian regimes. Another Prize honors physicists who founded modern climate science.
Macroeconomics, health and labour markets are some of the favourite topics ahead of the announcement.
Press freedom, the plight of refugees and climate modelling: 12 men and only one woman won Nobel Prizes this year for conferring "the greatest benefit to
Press freedom, the plight of refugees and climate modelling: 12 men and only one woman won Nobel Prizes this year for conferring "the greatest benefit to humankind". While four women won Nobel prizes in 2020 -- close to the 2009 record of five -- the awards remain male-dominated as much of the prizewinning work dates back 20, 30 or even 40 years when fewer women reached the