Nobel-winning economist William Nordhaus dies at 85Nordhaus’s Climate Economics Helped Make the Costs of Pollution CountNordhaus Balanced Climate Action Against Its Economic Costs
Yale economist and Nobel laureate William Nordhaus died at his home in New Haven on October 30, 2026, at 85. His work helped shape economic approaches to climate policy.Nobel laureate William Nordhaus, whose work shaped climate rules and emissions analysis, died at 85 in New Haven on October 30, 2026.Nobel-winning Yale economist William Nordhaus, who developed a framework weighing climate damages against mitigation costs, died at 85 on October 30, 2026.