Economics Nobel Prize: Princeton Professor Angus Deaton wins for his work on poverty - Oct. 12, 2015

Princeton University Professor Angus Deaton, one of the world's leading experts on poverty, has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics.



The Nobel was awarded to Deaton "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare," the prize committee said in its announcement at the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.



Economics Nobel Prize: Princeton Professor Angus Deaton wins for his work on poverty - Oct. 12, 2015