Economic Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Birth: 5 July 1936, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Civil Status: Married, 1961-1993, two children     Education 1941-54 Primary School and Douglas Ewart High School Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1954-57 Edinburgh University MA Mathematics and Natural Philosophy 1957-62 Cambridge University, Trinity College 1958 and 1959: Mathematical Tripos, Parts II and III 1963 Cambridge University Ph.D. in…

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Banquet speech

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…

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Curriculum Vitae

Born: September 15, 1937, Yakima, Washington, USA Address: 460 West Barry Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USA   Education 1959 University of Chicago, B.A., History 1964 University of Chicago, Ph.D., Economics   Fellowships and honors 1955-59 Proctor and Gamble Scholarship 1959-60 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1961-62 Brookings Fellowship 1963 Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship 1966-67 Ford Foundation Faculty…

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Banquet speech

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…

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