Michael Kremer

Michael Kremer is the director of the Development Innovation Lab and a university professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is the 2019 co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences.

Technology / Technological innovation

Michael Kremer on Innovation

Michael Kremer January 12, 2023

Innovation is often associated with developments in information and communication technologies, but for economists, innovation is also about developing new business models and new ways for governments to deliver public services like health and education.

Financial markets

Michael Kremer: Investing in Vaccines Now Would Buy Time, Save $Billions

Michael Kremer October 20, 2020

In the early 2000s, Nobel Laureate, Michael Kremer helped develop the design of advance market commitment models (AMCs).

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