Video Lectures from Economics Nobel Laureates
The Nobel Foundation, via its website Nobelprize.org, provides summaries and technical articles ("advanced information") about Economics prize winners' research, along with video of the prize lectures. This set of links has been created to give educators an overview of the videos available on the site.
For some laureates, we also link below to the Nobel Perspectives project, which hosts video interviews with the laureates with text transcriptions.
James A. Robinson (2024) "Paths towards the Periphery" (35 mins)
Simon Johnson (2024) "Disease Environments, the Mortality of Europeans, and the Creation of Institutions in the Colonial Era" (34 mins)
Claudia Goldin (2023) "An Evolving Economic Force" (31 mins)
Claudia Goldin (2023) "How can we better understand the gender gap?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Ben Bernanke (2022) "Banking, Credit, and Economic Fluctuations" (31 mins)
Douglas Diamond (2022) "Financial Intermediation and Financial Crises" (36 mins)
Philip Dybvig (2022) "Multiple Equilibria" (30 mins)
Douglas Diamond (2022) "Are financial crises and bank runs unavoidable?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
David Card (2021) "Design‐based research in empirical microeconomics", Joshua D. Angrist (2021) "Empirical strategies in economics: Illuminating the path from cause to effect", Guido W. Imbens (2021) "Causality in econometrics: methods in conversation with practice" (lectures are in one combined YouTube video, totalling 1hr 30mins)
Joshua D. Angrist (2021) "How much is a college degree really worth?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Guido Imbens (2021) "Can natural experiments lead to credibility?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
David E. Card (2021) "What drives wage inequality?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Paul R. Milgrom (2020) "Auction Theory Evolving: Theorems and Applications" (34 mins)
"Can market design create a more sustainable world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Robert B. Wilson (2020) "Strategic Analysis of Auction Markets" (28 mins)
"Can auctions guarantee fair competition?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Abhijit Banerjee (2019) "Field experiments and the practice of economics" (35 mins)
"Can microfinance solve poverty?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Esther Duflo (2019) "Field experiments and the practice of policy" (34 mins)
"How can we fight global poverty?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Michael Kremer (2019) "Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics" (35 mins)
"Experimental economics examples: Can smaller scale experiments help save the world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
William D. Nordhaus (2018) "Climate Change: The Ultimate Challenge for Economics" Video (33 mins)
Paul M. Romer (2018) "On the Possibility of Progress" Video (34 mins)
"Can we build a more future proof world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Richard Thaler (2017) "From Cashews to Nudges: The Evolution of Behavioral Economics" Video (50 mins)
"Can people be nudged into making better choices?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Oliver Hart (2016) "Incomplete Contracts and Control" Video (27 mins)
"Why’s there no such thing as a perfect contract?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Bengt Holmström (2016) "Pay for Performance and Beyond" Video (35 mins)
"What’s the key to happy, productive employees?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Angus Deaton (2015), "Measuring and understanding behavior, welfare, and poverty" Video (37 mins)
"Does wealth always improve your life?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Jean Tirole (2014), "Market Failures and Public Policy" Video (43 mins)
"Are regulated markets the secret to a successful and healthy economy?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Eugene F. Fama (2013) "Two Pillars of Asset Pricing" Video (31 mins)
Lars Peter Hansen (2013) "Uncertainty Outside and Inside Economic Models" Video (32 mins)
"How can we deal with uncertainty?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Robert J. Shiller (2013) "Speculative Asset Prices" Video (33 mins)
"What really influences the financial system?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Alvin E. Roth (2012) "The Theory and Practice of Market Design" Video (43 mins)
"How do you make matches that last?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Lloyd S. Shapley (2012) "Allocation Games - the Deferred Acceptance Algorithm" Video (7 mins)
"When is a game worth playing?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Thomas J. Sargent (2011) "United States Then, Europe Now" Video (33 mins)
"How can policy changes affect an economy?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Christopher Sims (2011) "Statistical Modeling of Monetary Policy and its Effects" Video (34 mins)
"How can we solve monetary conflicts?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Peter A. Diamond (2010) "Unemployment, Vacancies, Wages" Video (30 mins)
"How can we create better pension systems?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Dale Mortenson (2010) "Markets with Search Frictions" Video (35 mins)
Christopher Pissarides (2010) "Equilibrium in the Labour Market with Search Frictions" Video (33 mins)
"Why is there unemployment when jobs are available?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Oliver Williamson (2009) "Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression" Video (38 mins)
"How should firms organize their transactions?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Elinor Ostrom (2009) "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems" Video (28 mins)
"Are ordinary people able to self-organize?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Paul Krugman (2008) "'New trade', 'new geography', and the troubles of manufacturing" Video (44 mins)
"Does globalization lead to inequality?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Roger B. Myerson (2007) "Perspectives on Mechanism Design in Economic Theory" Video (48 mins)
"How can we create a more peaceful world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Eric S. Maskin (2007) "Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals" Video (41 mins)
"How can mathematics help create a better world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Leonid Hurwicz (2007) "But Who Will Guard the Guardians?" Video (49 mins)
Edmund S. Phelps (2006) "Macroeconomics for a Modern Economy" Video (54 mins)
"How can economic stagnation be stopped?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Robert J. Aumann (2005) "War and Peace" Video (43 mins)
"Can game theory end world conflict?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Thomas C. Schelling (2004) "An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy of Hiroshima" Video (41 mins)
Finn E. Kydland (2004) "Quantitative Aggregate Theory" Video (50 mins)
"What makes good policy?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Edward C. Prescott (2004) "The Transformation of Macroeconomic Policy and Research" Video (44 mins)
"When should we worry about public debt?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Robert F. Engle III (2003) "Risk and Volatility: Econometric Models and Financial Practice" Video (41 mins)
"Can we avoid financial crises in the future?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Clive W. J. Granger (2003) "Time Series Analysis, Cointegration, and Applications" Video (33 mins)
Daniel Kahneman (2002) "Maps of Bounded Rationality" Video (46 mins)
"What determines human decisions?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Vernon L. Smith (2002) "Constructivist and Ecological Rationality in Economics" Video (37 mins)
"What can experiments tell us about the real-world?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
George A. Akerlof (2001) "Behavioral Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Behavior" Video (42 mins)
A. Michael Spence (2001) "Signaling in Retrospect and the Informational Structure of Markets" Video (40 mins)
"How can developing countries stimulate their growth?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Joseph Stiglitz (2001) "Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics" Video (42 mins)
"Can economics solve financial injustice?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
James J. Heckman (2000) "Microdata, Heterogeneity and the Evaluation of Public Policy" Video (65 mins)
"What makes our society unequal?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Daniel L. McFadden (2000) "Economic Choices" Video (48 mins)
"What stops people making good decisions?" - interview at Nobel Perspectives
Robert A. Mundell (1999) "A Reconsideration of the Twentieth Century"
Video (53 mins)
Amartya Sen (1998) "The Possibility of Social Choice"
Robert Solow (1987)
"Why do some economies grow much faster than others?" (interview at Nobel Perspectives)
Wassily W. Leontief (1973)
"How is the global economy interconnected?" (interview at Nobel Perspectives)
Paul Samuelson (1970)
"Is Economics a Science?" (Interview at Nobel Perspectives)
