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The 2016 Nobel Prize in economics goes to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom who explain how we cope with the fact that you just can't trust people — Quartz
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![STOCKHOLM 2016-12-07 Oliver Hart, Nobel Prize laureate in in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, speaks during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, December 7, 2016. STOCKHOLM 2016-12-07 Oliver Hart, Nobel Prize laureate in in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, speaks during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, December 7, 2016.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GJACP7/stockholm-2016-12-07-oliver-hart-nobel-prize-laureate-in-in-economic-sciences-in-memory-of-alfred-nobel-speaks-during-a-press-conference-at-the-royal-swedish-academy-in-stockholm-sweden-december-7-2016-photo-henrik-montgomery-tt-sweden-out-2GJACP7.jpg)
STOCKHOLM 2016-12-07 Oliver Hart, Nobel Prize laureate in in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, speaks during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, December 7, 2016.
![British-born economics professor Oliver Hart, a professor at Harvard University and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Economics, speaks to the media in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mary Schwalm British-born economics professor Oliver Hart, a professor at Harvard University and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Economics, speaks to the media in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mary Schwalm](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E6JFGB/british-born-economics-professor-oliver-hart-a-professor-at-harvard-university-and-winner-of-the-2016-nobel-prize-for-economics-speaks-to-the-media-in-cambridge-massachusetts-us-october-10-2016-reutersmary-schwalm-2E6JFGB.jpg)