Student unions in France are hailing what they see as a major concession from the French government after more than two weeks of often violent nationwide student protests: the urgent deployment of some 3,000 supply teachers to schools with the greatest staffing needs. But where exactly are these teachers coming from? And will the move be enough to quell fresh protests, especially amid a renewed debate about overzealous policing tactics?

Their work shows how well-timed fiscal and monetary policy measures can help smooth economic fluctuations.

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American-born economists ⁠Robert ⁠Hall ⁠and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise fluctuations in the economy. Hall, 83, is affiliated with Stanford University in California, and Woodford, 70, with Columbia University in New York. The announcement was made in Sweden’s capital Stockholm, with the winners honoured “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation”. One of their key insights is that...

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The Nobel memorial prize in economics, the final award in this year's cycle, was announced Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.