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Coming soon on Nobelprize.org:
The Announcement of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel!
Announcement time:
Monday, October 13
1:00 p.m. CET
11:00 p.m. GMT
Editors' Pick – Economics
The 2007 Economics Prize
The work on mechanism design theory started in the early fifties, a most troubled period in American history.
Established in 1969
The Economics Prize is awarded according to the same principles governing the Nobel Prizes.
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Nobel Prize Announcements 2008
Physiology or Medicine
To Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discoveries of viruses linked to disease.
Chemistry
To Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien for developing tools for revealing the workings of the cell.
Peace
To Martti Ahtisaari for striving for peace, reconciliation and a resolution to international conflicts.
Physics
To Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for discoveries concerning nature's broken symmetry.
Literature
To Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, cross-cultural citizen and writer.
Prize in Economics
Monday, October 13
1.00 p.m. CET
11.00 a.m. GMT
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