Trinity University

Trinity's Nobel Economists Lecture Series, begun in 1984 by Professor Emeritus and former E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor of Economics William Breit, brings some of the most brilliant and influential economists of the post-war era to campus. Based on the general theme "My Evolution as an Economist," the lectures offer rare autobiographical insights into the Nobel laureate's contributions, the sources and nature of their discoveries, and their growth and development as economists.

Transcripts of the first 23 lectures appear in the fifth edition of the 2009 MIT Press volume, Lives of the Laureates, edited by professors William Breit and Barry Hirsch. Click here to view a photo gallery of recent speakers.

Past lecturers include:

Paul Krugman
Awarded Prize: 2008
Presented Lecture: February 2011

Joseph E. Stiglitz
Awarded Prize: 2001
Presented Lecture: September 2009

Eric S. Maskin
Awarded Prize: 2007
Presented Lecture: April 2009

Edmund S. Phelps
Awarded Prize: 2006
Presented Lecture: April 2008

Thomas C. Schelling
Awarded Prize: 2005
Presented Lecture: April 2007

Edward C. Prescott
Awarded Prize: 2004
Presented Lecture: April 2006

Clive W.J. Granger
Awarded Prize: 2003
Presented Lecture: February 2005

Vernon L. Smith
Awarded Prize: 2002
Presented Lecture: April 2004

James J. Heckman
Awarded Prize: 2000
Presented Lecture: March 2003

Robert E. Lucas Jr.
Awarded Prize: 1995
Presented Lecture: April 2001

Gary S. Becker
Awarded Prize: 1992
Presented Lecture: April 2000

Myron S. Scholes
Awarded Prize: 1997
Presented Lecture: April 1999

John C. Harsanyi
Awarded Prize: 1994
Presented Lecture: 1997

Douglass C. North
Awarded Prize: 1993
Presented Lecture: 1994

Ronald H. Coase
Awarded Prize: 1991
Presented Lecture: 1994

William F. Sharpe
Awarded Prize: 1990
Presented Lecture: 1992

Robert M. Solow
Awarded Prize: 1987
Presented Lecture: October 1988

James M. Buchanan
Awarded Prize: 1986
Presented Lecture: October 1987

Franco Modigliani
Awarded Prize: 1985
Presented Lecture: March 1987

James Tobin
Awarded Prize: 1981
Presented Lecture: April 1985

George J. Stigler
Awarded Prize: 1982
Presented Lecture: April 1985

Milton Friedman
Awarded Prize: 1976
Presented Lecture: March 1985

Paul Samuelson
Awarded Prize: 1970
Presented Lecture: February 1985

Kenneth J. Arrow
Awarded Prize: 1972
Presented Lecture: November 1984

Lawrence R. Klein
Awarded Prize: 1980
Presented Lecture: October 1984

W. Arthur Lewis
Awarded Prize: 1979
Presented Lecture: 1984