Nobel Prize winner in economics to speak at NDSU

FARGO — An economist who won the Nobel Prize will speak at North Dakota State University this week.

The NDSU Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth will host Vernon Smith at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the Louise Barry Auditorium at Barry Hall, 811 2nd Ave. N.

The event is free and open to the public.

In 2002, Smith won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences “for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms,” the university said in a statement. He is a professor of economics and finance at Chapman University in California.

Challey Institute Menard Family Director John Bitzan will moderate the talk, which will focus on Adam Smith’s theory of society.

Participants do not need to register before the event unless they plan to watch it on Zoom. That can be done online at bit.ly/41NF8zh .