What motivated Robert Solow to investigate why some economies grow faster than others ... He reminiscences how much he loved teaching and helping young people discover what they wanted to do in life.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow directs his attention here to one of today's most controversial social issues: how to get people off welfare and into jobs. With characteristic eloquence ...

Sure, he won a Nobel for his research on technology, productivity, and growth. But his legacy as a mentor is equally remarkable. Sure, he won a Nobel for his research on technology, productivity ...

HE doesn’t use e-mail—yet his name is inextricably linked with technological progress. An avid sailor who never strays far from shore, Robert Solow is one of the most adventurous minds in economics, ...