1973
Press release
Press release
18 October 1973 THE PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES IN MEMORY OF ALFRED NOBEL TO THE FATHER OF INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS has awarded the 1973 year’s Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Professor Wassily Leontief for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems. Professor Leontief is…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Assar Lindbeck of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, One of the most characteristic features of an economic system is the mutual interrelations between the various parts of the system – what is usually called the interdependence within the economic system. Such an…
moreWassily Leontief – Biographical
Biographical
I was born August 5, 1906, and spent my childhood and youth in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) where my father was a professor of economics. Among my early indelible memories are: the country plunged into deep mourning the day of Leo Tolstoy’s death; stray bullets whistling by during the first days of the February Revolution;…
moreKonrad Lorenz – Biographical
Biographical
I consider early childhood events as most essential to a man’s scientific and philosophical development. I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals. My nurse, Resi Führinger, was the daughter of an old patrician peasant family. She…
moreNobel Banquet Menu 1973
Saumon fumé Œufs pochés Filet de bœuf Charlemagne Parfait à l´ananas VINS Krug Private Cuvée Château Laurensanne 1966 Café Cognac Renault Carte Noire Extra Liqueur Peter Heering BUFFET
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