Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prize ( NOH-bel; Swedish: Nobelpriset [nʊˈbɛ̂lːˌpriːsɛt]; Norwegian: Nobelprisen [nʊˈbɛ̀lːpriːsn̩]) is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's 1895 will, are awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace (Nobel characterized the Peace Prize as "to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses"). Nobel Prizes are widely regarded …

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Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

Hayek: A Life is the first volume of a definitive biography of one of the last century's most important thinkers, co- authored by Bruce Caldwell, the general editor of Friedrich …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

Matt Zwolinski and Miranda Perry Fleischer's Universal Basic Income lives up to its subtitle, What Everyone Needs to Know--or nearly. In 66 short chapters, the book provides a trove of …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

Ban the Box A recurring topic in Working Papers is criminal justice policy innovation. The goal of these policies is to reduce the negative effects of incarceration on subsequent employment. …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

II cast my first vote at age 18 in 1997, voting "yes" on a proposal to spend government money on a stadium for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew. I did …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

Fans of economist Milton Friedman--of whom I'm one--should count themselves lucky that Stanford historian Jennifer Burns has written a detailed biography of him. Based on intensive archival research that only …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English

Agriculture in the developed world has historically benefited from government support in the form of subsidies, price controls, trade protection, and other policies. These result from a political process that …

of Yale. All three, who themselves later won Nobel Prizes, turned down the offers and, Burns suggests


Cato Institute · 13 May 2024 English

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2018-1.pdf; Anderson, Stuart, “Immigrants and Nobel Prizes,” National Foundation for American Policy (October have been awarded 40%, or 45 of 112, of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and here: https://nfap.com/research/immigrants-and-nobel-prizes-1901-2023/; Anderson, Stuart, “AI and Immigrants


PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 8 May 2024 English

Media inform the public, thereby influencing societal debates and political decisions. Despite climate change’s importance, drivers of media attention to climate change remain differently understood. Here we assess how different …

moviesabout climate change or the awarding of Nobel Prizes related to climate change. Using topic modelling key European policy decisions, climate-related Nobel Prizes, the awarding of the Oscar for the film ‘An Inconvenient


EU: European Union · 29 April 2024 English

diversity and diversity in research Highlights 2023 Nobel Prizes Meetings Research Highlights Showcase of ERC-funded for research worldwide, including in 2023 the Nobel Prizes awarded to Anne L’Huillier and Ferenc Krausz


ERC: European Research Council · 26 April 2024 English

Adoption of the Agenda of the 92nd Plenary Meeting The Draft Agenda of the meeting was approved by the Scientific Council. [...] Adoption of the Minutes of the 91st Plenary …

including meeting both of the ERC grantees awarded Nobel Prizes this year. Eystein JANSEN reported from his


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