Monthly Archives: October 2020

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their contribution to the theory of auction.

Milgram and Wilson, both professors at Stanford University in California, gained recognition for their theoretical discoveries on how auctions work. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, they also created auction structures for goods and services that would be difficult to sell in the traditional way, such as radio …

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In the Empire subway, violent crime is on the rise

It began in the early days of the epidemic in March, when someone set fire inside a subway car, killing the train operator and injuring 16 others. In the months that followed, about 500 subway cars crashed into the Windows 7 line. In August Gust, a man confronted a young …

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