# Professor Paul Romer's work on economic growth and innovation is featured

1 Faculty News November 19, 2018 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2018/11/19/paul-romer-the-path-to-economic-growth-and-innovation/#4b88e02b139d)-- "Business professionals can learn a valuable lesson about the path to economic growth and innovation from Paul Romer, this year’s Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences (shared with William Nordhaus). Romer views the economy as a 'huge innovation discovery machine' that, in conjunction with government policy, can and should promote and provide technological innovation for everyone."

[Read more](https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2018/11/19/paul-romer-the-path-to-economic-growth-and-innovation/#4b88e02b139d)