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• Two ‘Non-Keynesian’ economists pick up the 2011 Nobel Prizes in economics for their research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.

• Siri, the iPhone virtual assistant vs a real assistant, is the new iPhone a replacement for the real deal?

• Sandwich envy, scientists think they have uncovered why we prefer to eat a sandwich made by someone else.

• Get a Job! A collection of economic experts and commentators provide their suggestions on what would solve the unemployment crisis in the US.

• Unravelling the Greek basket case, Oliver Marc Hartwich on the European debt crisis

• The rust belt comes back to life. Shale gas revolution could bring 200,000 jobs to Ohio

• Pankaj Ghemawat of Barcelona’s IESE Business School questions the extent to which the world really has globalised.