Herbert A. Simon’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1978 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, May I express my deep gratitude for the honor bestowed on me, and through me, on the colleagues with whom I have collaborated in studying economic behavior and the human mind. Ten years ago, economics was…

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Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1978 Rational Decision-Making in Business Organizations Pdf 657 kB

James E. Meade’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1977 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, What an exciting subject is economics and what an impossible combination of qualities does it not demand for its practice: Scientific observation of the facts of commercial life; commonsensical inference, from personal introspection, daily experience and…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977 1933 and 1977 – Some Expansion Policy Problems in Cases of Unbalanced Domestic and International Economic Relations Pdf 175 kB

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977 The Meaning of “Internal Balance” I. It is a special privilege for me on this occasion to have my name associated with that of Professor Bertil Ohlin. By the younger generation of economists we are no doubt both regarded as what in my country are…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 13, 1976 Inflation and Unemployment Pdf 637 kB

Milton Friedman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour and privilege for me to be here tonight, sharing in the reflected glory from my distinguished colleagues, not only the six fellow members of the class of 1976, but the many more…

  Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 11, 1975 Mathematics in Economics: Achievements, Difficulties, Perspectives I am deeply excited by that high honour which fell on my lot and I am happy for the opportunity to appear here as a participant of this honorable series of lectures. In our time mathematics has penetrated…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 11, 1975 Concepts of Optimality and Their Uses Pdf 684 kB