Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Philip Dybvig on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Philip Dybvig: That’s a complicated question. I actually have passions for a lot of things. Close to when she passed, my mom taught me something about myself.…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Douglas Diamond on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Douglas Diamond: I started in high school really liking physical science. I got interested in doing research from taking an advanced biology course in high school and…

Interview with the 2019 economic sciences laureate Michael Kremer on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How was your interest in science sparked? Michael Kremer: As a child, I was interested in science and I was fortunate enough to be mentored by a physics professor, Larry Weaver. He taught me the…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Ben Bernanke on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Ben Bernanke: I got interested in economics in college and it was because I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was looking at all different…

Nobel Prize Conversations “With the great power to invent technology comes a great responsibility.” In this lively and energetic podcast conversation, economic sciences laureate Simon Johnson talks about how the past, future and present are interconnected, as well as how science fiction and history are intertwined. He comes to the conclusion that “science fiction is…

Interview with the Laureates in Economics Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson, 6 December 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Eric Maskin, Roger Myerson, welcome to this interview with Nobelprize.org and to Stockholm. You’re co-recipients, together with Leo Hurwicz of the 2007 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in honour of…

Nobel Prize Conversations “Asking is hard. Once you realise there’s an interesting question to develop answers to, it is even harder.” Growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped Daron Acemoglu’s life and career in many ways. It sparked his interest in politics and social sciences and led to a research career investigating the differences in prosperity…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I just think a book can change your life.” 2024 economic sciences laureate James Robinson loves books – he has about 10 000 at home. Growing up without a TV, he and his mother spent evenings discussing news from the newspaper and reading. It’s no wonder his interest for social sciences, politics…

Gary S. Becker receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1992. 1992 Nobel Prize laureates on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1992. From left: physics laureate Georges Charpak, chemistry laureate Rudolph A. Marcus,…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) in Sweden on 10 December 2024.