The prize is right—how auction theory won the Nobel for economics

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The prize is right—how auction theory won the Nobel for economics
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What happens when economists think like engineers? On “Money Talks” with R_Shanbhogue, RyanAvent explains why this year’s NobelPrize goes to two economists who put cutting-edge theory into practice

who reimagined an ancient form of transaction—the auction.

Host Rachana Shanbhogue asks one of the winners, Paul Milgrom, how he put his cutting-edge theory into practice. Plus, the $100bn bet that has not paid off: why SoftBank’s Vision Fund failed to supercharge tech start-ups. And, how are investors

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