1979
Odysseus Elytis – Poetry
Poetry
Excerpt from The Axion Esti From The Gloria /- – -/ PRAISED BE Myrto standing on the stone parapet facing the sea like a beautiful eight or a clay pitcher holding a straw hat in her hand The white and porous middle of day the down of sleep lightly ascending the faded gold inside the…
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Theodore W. Schultz – Cirriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Born: April 30, 1902, South Dakota, USA Education: South Dakota College, University of Wisconsin Civil Status: Married to Esther Florence Werth, three children Address: 5620 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Honors 1960 President, American Economic Association 1972 Francis A. Walker Medal, American Economic Association 1976 Leonard Elmhirst Medal, International Agricultural Economic Association…
moreTheodore W. Schultz – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Theodore W. Schultz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1979 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Royal Academy of Sciences expressed a deep concern about the economic problems and the welfare of poor people throughout the world in awarding the Nobel Prize in Economics this year. It is a noble concern…
moreSir Arthur Lewis – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Sir Arthur Lewis’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1979 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The privilege of accepting the greetings of the students has been accorded to me, and I seize it gladly. On behalf of this year’s laureates I say – Welcome fellow students, the path is hard, and…
moreTheodore W. Schultz – Prize Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1979 The Economics of Being Poor Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world’s poor people earn their living from agriculture, so…
moreSir Arthur Lewis – Prize Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1979 The Slowing Down of the Engine of Growth Let me begin by stating my problem. For the past hundred years the rate of growth of output in the developing world has depended on the rate of growth of output in the developed world. When the…
moreGeorg Wittig – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture