Nobel Prize

English Presentation Speech by Professor Per Krusell, Member of the , Chairman of the Economics Sciences Prize Committee, 10 December 2011 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our national economies are continuously exposed to changes in the world around us. Fluctuations in the economic activity of other countries influence foreign demand for…

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 How are GDP and inflation affected by a temporary increase in the interest rate or a tax cut? What happens if a central bank makes a permanent change in its inflation target or a government modifies its objective for budgetary balance? This year’s Laureates in economic sciences, Thomas J.…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Per Krusell, ledamot av , ordförande i Ekonomipriskommittén, 10 December 2011 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Ärade Pristagare, mina damer och herrar, Våra ekonomier exponeras oupphörligen för förändringar i omvärlden. Svängningar i världskonjunkturen styr den utländska efterfrågan på de varor vi producerar; variationer i råvarupriser påverkar industrins kostnader; teknikutveckling ändrar behoven…

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Norwegian har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2011 skal deles i tre like store deler mellom Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee og Tawakkul Karman for deres ikke-voldelige kamp for kvinners sikkerhet og deres rett til full deltakelse i fredsbyggende arbeid. Vi kan ikke oppnå demokrati og varig fred i verden med mindre kvinner får de…

English has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the…