Nobel Prize

Franco Modigliani’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1985 I would like to express my thanks to the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Riksbanken for their award. From the instant I lifted that phone at 7 a.m. on October 15 our life has been miraculously transformed and we have…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1984 The Accounts of Society Pdf 288 kB

Richard Stone’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1984 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Since the 18th of October I have been the prey to many emotions. First of all came surprise at having been selected for this high honour. Then came elation as the truth of it sank in. Then…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1983 Economic Theory in the Mathematical Mode Pdf 507 kB

Gerard Debreu’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1983 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Many Laureates before me must have been filled with wonder at the dazzling recognition they received in Stockholm for something that they enjoyed so much doing. The instant at which a scientist becomes certain that his problem…

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Born: July 4, 1921, Calais, France Civil Status: Married (to Françoise Bled, June 1945), two daughters, Chantal and Florence     Education 1941-44 École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 1956 D.Sc., Université de Paris, France     Academic appointments 1946 Agrégé de l’Université, Paris, France 1946-48 Research Associate of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,…

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  George J. Stigler’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1982 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Even upon so joyous an occasion as this, an economist is entitled to feel sorry for himself. Unlike the members of the physical and biological sciences, the economist is asked to explain his work in…