Nobel Prize

Links to other sites

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1977 by Mümtaz Soysal We are gratified that the Nobel Committee should see fit to award the 1977 Peace Prize to the 168,000 individuals in 107 countries who comprise the active members and supporters of Amnesty International. I am here in their name. We are gratified for this acknowledgement that the…

Links to other sites

Links to other sites

Translation from the French text In his memorable series “Etudes sur le temps humain”, Georges Poulet devoted one volume to the “Mesure de l’instant”. There he proposed a classification of authors according to the importance they give to the past, present and future. I believe that in such a typology my position would be an…

Links to other sites

Presentation Speech by Professor Assar Lindbeck of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The question why individuals, firms and nations exchange goods and services with each other, and how these processes are influenced by government policies, may be regarded as the basic issue in the science of…

14 October 1977 THIS YEAR’s ECONOMICS PRIZE AWARDED TO BERTIL OHLIN AND JAMES MEADE has decided that the 1977 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel shall be shared equally by Professor Bertil Ohlin, Stockholm, Sweden, and Professor James Meade, Cambridge, UK, for their pathbreaking contributions to the theory of international trade and…

more

I was born into an upper-middle class family in a village in the South of Sweden in April, 1899. It was a large family with seven children, a large house and a home which was very hospitable and open to friends and relatives. There was a private school which was not very particular about the…