Economist at the London School of Economics. He was awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in economics, sharing half the prize with Peter Howitt. The other half went to Joel Mokyr. Their joint work has made big contributions to researchers' understanding of how economic growth happens, including the role of "creative destruction"—the process by which old firms die and new ones grow, a concept originated by Joseph Schumpeter—as the foundation of economic growth.
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.