Who will win the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics?
Fadingwire flash3 outlets reported this themselves; 8 of 11 reports ran a copy, most inside an hour.
original reportingcopies
Wed, 7 October 2026peak 9 reports on Wed, 7 October 2026Mon, 12 October 2026
What it is about
Raj ChettyRobert BarroThomas SargentDonald TrumpAriel PakesDavid RicardoJohn Bates ClarkDavid AutorJanet CurrieAlfred NobelSteven BerryJames LevinsohnThomas PikettySusan AtheyRobert LucasEmmanuel SaezAmerican Economic AssociationHarvard UniversityParis School Of EconomicsStanford, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Who published it, and when
original reportcopyfirst to report
kccu.org
kacu.org
kjzz.org
wjct.org
ksut.org
wlrn.org
wutc.org
tspr.org
Le Monde (France)
7 Oct, 10:30over 4 days11 Oct, 15:00
2 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 3 original reports, 8 reprints
Wed, 7 October 2026
1 report- NPR News10:30
A thinly traded prediction market offers a starting point. We explore potential winners and the big ideas that could earn them economics' biggest prize.
8 reprints
- kccu.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- kacu.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- kjzz.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- wjct.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- ksut.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- wlrn.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- wutc.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
- tspr.org7 Oct, 10:30their copy
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)15:00first to report
Dans sa chronique, l’historienne Béatrice Cherrier analyse les critiques et commentaires qui accompagnent, depuis sa création, en 1968, le Prix de la Banque de Suède en sciences économiques en mémoire d’Alfred Nobel, dont les lauréats pour 2026 seront connus le 12 octobre.
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- RMF24 (Poland)07:09
Kto zdobędzie ekonomicznego Nobla w 2026 roku? Polscy eksperci typują faworytów