Nobel Economists Lecture Series

Trinity University, Department of Economics

The series, begun in 1984 by William Breit, brings to Trinity University in San Antonio some of the most brilliant and influential economists of the post-war era. Based on the general theme "My Evolution as an Economist," the lectures offer rare autobiographical insights into each Nobel laureate's contributions, the sources and nature of his ideas and discoveries, and his growth and success as an economist. The first eighteen lectures appear in the fourth edition of the 2004 MIT Press volume, Lives of the Laureates, edited by professors William Breit and Barry Hirsch.  The lecturers are shown below.

Photo Gallery from recent visits

       To read excerpts from previous lectures, click on the names below.
 

Edmund S. Phelps                                                                                         Awarded Prize: 2006                                                                                  Presented lecture: April 2008		Thomas C. Schelling        Awarded Prize: 2005 Presented Lecture: April 2007
Edward C. Prescott Awarded Nobel Prize:  2004 Presented Lecture: April 2006	Clive W.J. Granger  Awarded Prize:  2003  Presented Lecture:  February 2005	Vernon L. Smith Awarded Nobel Prize: 2002 Presented Lecture: April 2004
James J. Heckman Awarded Nobel Prize: 2000 Presented Lecture: March 2003	Robert E. Lucas, Jr. Awarded Nobel Prize: 1995 Presented Lecture: April 2001	Gary S. Becker Awarded Nobel Prize: 1992 Presented Lecture: April 2000
Myron S. Scholes Awarded Nobel Prize: 1997 Presented Lecture: April 1999	John C. Harsanyi Awarded Nobel Prize: 1994 Presented Lecture: March 1997	Douglass C. North Awarded Nobel Prize: 1993 Presented Lecture: October 1994
Ronald H. Coase Awarded Nobel Prize: 1991 Presented Lecture: April 1994	William F. Sharpe Awarded Nobel Prize: 1990 Presented Lecture: February 1992	Robert M. Solow Awarded Nobel Prize: 1987 Presented Lecture: October 1988
James M. Buchanan Awarded Nobel Prize: 1986 Presented Lecture: October 1987	Franco Modigliani Awarded Nobel Prize: 1985 Presented Lecture: March 1987	James Tobin Awarded Nobel Prize: 1981 Presented Lecture: April 1985
George J. Stigler Awarded Nobel Prize: 1982 Presented Lecture: April 1985	Milton Friedman Awarded Nobel Prize: 1976 Presented Lecture: March 1985	Paul Samuelson Awarded Nobel Prize: 1970 Presented Lecture: February 1985
Kenneth J. Arrow Awarded Nobel Prize: 1972 Presented Lecture: November 1984	Lawrence R. Klein Awarded Nobel Prize: 1980 Presented Lecture: October 1984	W. Arthur Lewis Awarded Nobel Prize: 1979 Presented Lecture: September 1984

For more information on this Lecture Series, contact  Barry Hirsch