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Since winning the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2004, Finn Kydland’s schedule has been packed with a lot of travel. He was the keynote speaker at the Luxembourg School of Finance 10th anniversary lecture. In an interview with LFF, he speaks about inconsistency in government policy, 54 central bank presidents in Argentina and the father of the euro.
I read in biographical notes that during the second half of 1969, your fate was sealed; you would become an academic, and economics would be your field. Earlier in your life though, it didn’t look like a possible outcome! I happened to take a course from somebody who turned into my mentor so to speak and that was very important. He taught me a lot about research. I found it very interesting and he suggested becoming...
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