Economic Sciences

Biographical

I was born in Breslau on October 5th, 1930. At that time, Breslau, now called Wroclaw, belonged to Germany and only German was spoken there. After the second world war Breslau became Polish and the original German population was almost completely replaced by a Polish one. I have never visited Wroclaw after the war. Heavy…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been very lucky in my career. I was lucky first of all to find a profession that suited me. As an undergraduate at UBC in Canada, I fell in love with economic theory. It was the right choice for me. I went…

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In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Below, articles on the subject are presented.   History of the Prize in Economic Sciences The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2007 By Assar Lindbeck Laureates…

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Watch video interviews with the laureates in economic sciences. Pick a name! Or choose a joint interview, in which two or more laureates are interviewed at the same time. Interviews with laureates in economic sciences I Joint interviews Links to more interviews with Nobel Prize laureates:

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