2000

Nobel Lecture

English 10 December 2000 The Case for Literature I have no way of knowing whether it was fate that has pushed me onto this dais but as various lucky coincidences have created this opportunity I may as well call it fate. Putting aside discussion of the existence or non-existence…

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Bibliography

Works in Chinese Xiandai xiaoshuo jiqiao chutan. – Guangzhou : Huacheng, 1981 You zhi gezi jiao Hongchunr. – Beijing : Beijing Publishing House, 1985 Gao Xingjian xiju ji. – Beijing : Qunzhong, 1985 Dui yizhong xiandai xiju de zhuiqiu. – Beijing : China Theater Publishing House, 1988 Gei wo laoye mai yugan. – Taipei :…

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Banquet speech

Daniel L. McFadden’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2000 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The term “economics”, in its original Greek, means “of the hearth”, the ancient and practical science of household management. Over the millennia, the discipline has transformed itself into a grander enterprise, speaking sagely of the organization…

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