1970
Brief Autobiographical Sketch Delivered at the Nobel Banquet, 1970
Banquet speech
by 1970 Prize Winner in Economics Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The dream of any scholar has for me come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace. Imagine then how my subject of economics–the oldest of the arts,…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Assar Lindbeck, Stockholm School of Economics Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentleman. One of the salient features of the development of economics during the last decades is the increased degree of formalization of the analytical techniques brought about partly with the aid of mathematical methods. We can perhaps…
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Paul A. Samuelson – Biographical
Biographical
“In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last ‘generalist’ in economics,” wrote Paul Anthony Samuelson, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching… ” His work in economic theory has…
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Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the Nobel Committee In the will and testament drawn up by Alfred Bernhard Nobel on November 27, 1895, he laid down the conditions to be fulfilled by a recipient of the Nobel Prize. Paragraph One states, inter alia, that the award of the prize shall be made…
moreNobel Banquet Menu 1970
Saumon fumé à chaud Fond d´artichaut, epinards Sauce mousseline Selle de renne farcie Sauce aux genièvres Pommes dauphines Salade Savarin aux fausses-mûres avec crème moka VINS Krug Brut Réserve Château Mayne-Vieil 1959 CAFE Cognac Renault Carte Noire Liqueur Crème de Cacao Brizard Strega BUFFET
moreThe Green Revolution Revisited and the Road Ahead
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The Green Revolution Revisited and the Road Ahead by Norman Borlaug 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 26 September 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug presented his anniversary lecture at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. An agricultural scientist, Borlaug’s work in food production and hunger alleviation was recognized through the Nobel Peace Prize in…
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