Nobel Prize

James A. Mirrlees’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Nobel Prizes are about discovery and creation. It is the excitement of new discovery that they celebrate. It is wonderful to be a part of that celebration. Economists are accustomed, perhaps surprisingly, to think about the…

Robert E. Lucas Jr delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995. Robert E. Lucas, Jr’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1995 Your Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen, As you all know, Alfred Nobel did not choose to establish a prize in Economics. This…

John C. Harsanyi’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1994 Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to say a few words on behalf of John Nash, Reinhard Selten and myself. Of course, we all feel greatly honored by the decision of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award the…

Douglass C. North’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1993 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my fellow economic historian and close friend Robert Fogel and myself, I would like to express our gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the immense honor bestowed on us today.…

Gary S. Becker’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the superb honor conferred on me. It is not necessary to have special reasons to be happy to be here, but…

Ronald H. Coase’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been deeply moved by the honour paid to me by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and by the recognition thus given to the study of the institutional structure of the economy. By drawing…

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, Willard Boyle and I would like to sincerely thank the Nobel Committee and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for bestowing this great honor upon us. I am sure that Bill will agree with me that it comes as the supreme highpoint of…

Kenneth G. Wilson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1982 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank everyone who has made our stay in Sweden so wonderful. The Nobel Prize is the highest honor recognized by the scientific community. The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the…

Ernst Ruska’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1986 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, As the oldest of the Physics Laureates of this year, the pleasant task fell on me to express our deep-felt gratitude towards the Nobel Committee for the high honour bestowed upon our scientific work. Our work, although…

Clifford G. Shull’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1994 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I need not say that Bertram Brockhouse and I are immensely grateful to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for affording us the great honor of being named Laureates today. Being selected as such is a…