Nobel Prize

I was born on 19 June, 1910, in Sterling, Illinois, of Huguenot-German parentage, mine being the sixth generation native to America. My father was Ezra Flory, a clergyman-educator; my mother, nee Martha Brumbaugh, had been a schoolteacher. Both were descended from generations of farmers in the New World. They were the first of their families…

9 October 1974 ECONOMICS PRIZE FOR WORKS IN ECONOMIC THEORY AND INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH has awarded the 1974 Prize for Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Professor Gunnar Myrdal and Professor Friedrich von Hayek for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence…

Presentation Speech by Professor Erik Lundberg of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Hitherto the prize in Economic Science dedicated to the memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to researchers who have made pioneering contributions in what may be called “pure” economics. It has been awarded…

Gunnar Myrdal was born in Gustaf’s parish, Sweden, on December 6, 1898*. He graduated from the Law School of Stockholm University in 1923 and began practicing law while continuing his studies at the university. He received his juris doctor degree in economics in 1927 and was appointed docent in political economy. From 1925 to 1929…

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Born: May 8, 1899, Vienna, Austria (son of Dr. August von Hayek, Professor of Botany at the University of Vienna and Felicitas née Juraschek) Education 1918-1921 Studies at University of Vienna 1921 Dr. jur., University of Vienna 1923 Dr. rer. pol, University of Vienna March 1923 -June 1924 Postgraduate work, New York University   Academic…

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Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the , Norwegian Storting Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: A few years before he drew up his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel observed in a letter to that his dynamite factories would be able to bring wars to an end a…