Daron Acemoglu’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2024. Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellencies,Dear laureates, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of Professor Johnson, Professor Robinson, and myself, I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for recognizing our work on the origins of economic and political institutions and the…

English Presentation speech by Professor Jan Teorell, Member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 10 December 2024. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Not very long ago, Sweden was a very poor country run with societal institutions only benefitting a narrow elite. Today,…

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Jan Teorell, ledamot av kommittén för Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne, 10 december 2024. Eders majestäter, eders Kungliga högheter. Ärade pristagare. Mina damer och herrar! För inte så länge sedan var Sverige ett mycket fattigt land, styrt av samhällsinstitutioner som endast gynnade en smal elit. Idag…

Artist: Elisabeth BiströmCalligrapher: Marie A. GyöriBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2024

Artist: Elisabeth BiströmCalligrapher: Marie A. GyöriBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2024

Artist: Elisabeth BiströmCalligrapher: Marie A. GyöriBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2024

Daron Acemoglu receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Daron Acemoglu delivering his prize lecture on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. Like many laureates before him, Daron Acemoglu signed a chair at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6…

Simon Johnson receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2024. Economic sciences laureate Simon Johnson arriving at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024. Like many laureates before him, Simon Johnson signed a chair at the Nobel…

Paths towards the Periphery James A. Robinson delivered his prize lecture on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor John Hassler, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Disease Environments, the Mortality of Europeans, and the Creation of Institutions in the Colonial Era Simon Johnson delivered his prize lecture on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor John Hassler, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.