1972
Gerald M. Edelman – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Rodney R. Porter – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Gerald M. Edelman – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Gerald M. Edelman’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1972 Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel honored and privileged to be with you together with Rodney Porter. In the course of receiving the highest honor of my life, I had two thoughts about human community, both particularly moving to one.…
moreJohn R. Hicks – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
John R. Hicks’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1972 Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Economics comes in at the end; that (I am sure) is where we belong. Our science colleagues find permanent truths; economists, who deal with the daily actions of men and the consequences of these actions, can…
moreJohn R. Hicks – Prize Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, April 27, 1973 The Mainspring of Economic Growth In my Theory of Wages, first published in 1932, there is a chapter (VI) entitled “Distribution and Economic Progress”. It was the first to be written of the theoretical chapters in that book; so it is in a sense the…
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