2010

Interview

Interview transcript [Ei-ichi Negishi] Hello? [Adam Smith] Hello, may I speak to Professor Negishi please? [EN] Yes, speaking. [AS] Hello, this is Adam Smith calling from the Nobel Prize website, in Stockholm. [EN] Ah ha! [AS] My congratulations on the … [EN] Well, thank you very…

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Biographical

“I don’t think anyone should write their autobiography until after they’re dead.”Samuel Goldwyn Several years ago I was on a trekking trip in the Jordanian desert with a large group of Brits. We were camping and, as usual, there was not much to do in the evenings, so we filled the hours by sitting around…

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17 photos   To cite this pageMLA style: “Photo gallery – The Nobel Banquet 2010”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018.

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Biographical

As the children of immigrants, my parents were raised in Scandinavian Minnesota. My mother, Verna Ecklund, was a university student for only one year but my father, Thomas Peter Mortensen, graduated from the School of Forestry at the University of Minnesota in 1936. They were married shortly after and moved to Enterprise, Oregon, where I…

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Popular information

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2010 Why are so many people unemployed at the same time that there are a large number of job openings? How can economic policy affect unemployment? This year’s Laureates have developed a theory which can be used to answer these questions. This theory is also applicable to markets other than…

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Award ceremony speech

Professor Bertil Holmlund presenterar Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2010 i Stockholms Konserthus. Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Bertil Holmlund, ledamot av , ordförande i Ekonomipriskommittén, 10 December 2010 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Ärade Pristagare, mina damer och herrar, Inom den ekonomiska vetenskapen finns en klassisk syn på…

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Award ceremony speech

Professor Bertil Holmlund delivering the Presentation Speech for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010 at the Stockholm Concert Hall. English Presentation Speech by Professor Bertil Holmlund, Member of the , Chairman of the Economics Sciences Prize Committee, 10 December 2010 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Laureates,…

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