William D. Nordhaus
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William D. Nordhaus receiving his Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.
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William D. Nordhaus after receiving his Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.
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Waiting for the award ceremony to start - Paul M. Romer, William D. Nordhaus, Frances H. Arnold and Donna Strickland just before they receive their medals and diplomas.
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2018 laureates assembled at the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2018. From left: physics laureate Arthur Ashkin's son Michael Ashkin, laureate in economic sciences William D. Nordhaus, physics laureates Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, chemistry laureates Sir Gregory P. Winter and George P. Smith, medicine laureates Tasuku Honjo and James P. Allison, chemistry laureate Frances H. Arnold, laureate in economic sciences Paul M. Romer and peace laureate Denis Mukwege.
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William Nordhaus at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences press conference on 7 December.
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The same morning after he learned he'd been awarded the 2018 Prize in Economic Sciences, Professor William Nordhaus taught his intermediate macroeconomics class at Yale University.
Photo: Yale University/Mara Lavitt
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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