The economics prize 2018 to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer

Interesting choices.

• William Nordhaus for integrating climate change into long run economic analysis
• Paul Romer for integrating technological innovations into long run macroeconomic analysis

Both were on the wait list for a long time.

More links to follow. Nobel guys will put up a lot of basic info.

Update:

• Press release
• popular information: Integrating nature and knowledge into economics
• scientific background: Economic growth, technological change, and climate change