Thomas Schelling and Robert Aumann, Photo: Henrik Montgomery, Copyright © Scanpix

Laureates 2005: Thomas Schelling and Robert Aumann

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In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established this Prize in memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. The first Prize in Economics was awarded to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen in 1969.

2006 Prize in Economics Edmund S. Phelps was awarded the 2006 Prize in Economics for extending our understanding of tradeoffs between economic objectives, such as inflation and employment. Read more about the 2006 Laureate here.

Milton Friedman Passes Away Milton Friedman, Economics Laureate in 1976, died on Thursday November 16, aged 94. Read his autobiography here.

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