Written by Raghuraman
18 Oct 2015
Just last week the Nobel prize winners were announced. As many of you would already be aware that the Nobel prizes are decided and awarded by various Swedish and Norwegian committees. All prizes except the Peace Prize are awarded in Stockholm. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo.
Freakonomics recently did a podcast called ‘How to win a Nobel Prize’. I really enjoyed the podcast and thought I’d share it with you. Professor Per Strömberg is interviewed in the podcast. He is a Professor of Finance at SSE and also part of the committee that votes for the winner of the Nobel prize!
The podcast touches upon the history of the prize and highlights a lot of fun facts about the prize. Per is bound by a strong confidentiality agreements and does not reveal too much about the selection process, but is nevertheless insightful and fun to listen to, cracking all those jokes! Among other things, they also talk about how the Nobel Prize committee calls the winners and proves to them that it is not a prank call!
A small summary from the podcast:
You can listen to the podcast (during your daily commute?) here.
Image Credits: Simon Paulin/imagebank.sweden.se
