Michael Milken - Biography

Mike Milken: Conversations with Nobel Laureates

Mike has often led panel discussions at the Global Conference with Nobel laureates in economics and science and medicine. Participating Nobel laureates are listed below. Click on View video clip below the names of individual laureates to view brief video clips.

Read Mike's conversation with Nobel economists at the 2009 Global Conference from the Milken Institute Review (3Q 2009).

Economics

Science and Medicine

2009

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Roger Myerson, Economic Sciences, 2007
University of Chicago

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Platinum Grove Asset Management and Stanford University

2008

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Platinum Grove Asset Management and Stanford University

A. Michael Spence , Economics, 2001
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business

Edmund Phelps, Economics, 2006
Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University

2007

Kenneth Arrow, Economic Sciences, 1972
Stanford University

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Platinum Grove Asset Management and Stanford University

Alan Heeger, Chemistry, 2000
University of California, Santa Barbara

George Olah, Chemistry, 1994
University of Southern California

Arno Penzias, Physics, 1978
New Enterprise Associates

Burton Richter, Physics, 1976
Stanford University

2006

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Daniel Kahneman , Economics, 2002
Princeton University

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University

Steven Chu, Physics, 1997
Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Alan MacDiarmid, Chemistry, 2000
University of Pennsylvania

F. Sherwood Rowland, Chemistry, 1995
University of California, Irvine

2005

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

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Edward Prescott, Economic Sciences 2004
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
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Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University
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Gerald Edelman, Medicine, 1972
Scripps Research Institute

Lee Hartwell, Physiology or Medicine, 2001
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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George Olah, Chemistry, 1994
University of Southern California

Douglas Osheroff, Physics, 1996
Stanford University

2004

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Daniel Kahneman, Economics, 2002
Princeton University
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Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University

A. Michael Spence, Economics, 2001
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
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Steven Chu, Physics, 1997
Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Gerald Edelman, Medicine, 1972
Scripps Research Institute

Murray Gell-Mann, Physics, 1969
Santa Fe Institute

Lee Hartwell, Physiology or Medicine, 2001
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

2003

Kenneth Arrow, Economic Sciences, 1972
Stanford University

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Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University

Sydney Brenner, Medicine, 2002
Molecular Sciences Institute

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Steven Chu, Physics, 1997
Stanford University

Joshua Lederberg, Medicine, 1958
Rockefeller University

Ahmed Zewail, Chemistry, 1999
California Institute of Technology
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2002

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Robert Fogel, Economic Sciences, 1993
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
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Robert Mundell, Economic Sciences, 1999
Columbia University
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Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University

Paul Boyer, Chemistry, 1997
University of California, Los Angeles

Steven Chu, Physics, 1997
Stanford University

Louis Ignarro, Physiology or Medicine; 1998
University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine
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Walter Kohn, Chemistry, 1998
University of California, Santa Barbara
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2001

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

James J. Heckman, Economic Sciences, 2000
University of Chicago

Lawrence Klein, Economics, 1980
University of Pennsylvania

Douglass North, Economic Sciences, 1993
Washington University at St. Louis

David Baltimore, Physiology or Medicine, 1975
California Institute of Technology

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Paul Berg, Chemistry, 1980
Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University

J. Michael Bishop, Physiology or Medicine, 1989
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

James Watson, Physiology or Medicine, 1962
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

2000

(Panel 1)

Kenneth Arrow, Economic Sciences, 1972
Stanford University

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

James M. Buchanan, Economic Sciences, 1986
Center for Study of Public Choice, and George Mason University
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Lawrence Klein, Economic Sciences, 1980
University of Pennsylvania

(Panel 2)

John F. Nash, Economic Sciences, 1994
Princeton University

Douglass North, Economic Sciences
Washington University (St. Louis)

Reinhard Selten, Economic Sciences, 1994
University of Bonn

1999

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Merton Miller, Economic Sciences. 1990
University of Chicago

Douglass North, Economic Sciences, 1993
Washington University at St. Louis

Myron Scholes, Economic Sciences, 1997
Oak Hill Capital Management, and Stanford University

1998

Kenneth Arrow, Economic Sciences, 1972
Stanford University

Gary Becker, Economic Sciences, 1992
University of Chicago

Harry Markowitz, Economic Sciences, 1990
City University of New York, and Harry Markowitz Company

Merton Miller, Economic Sciences, 1990
University of Chicago
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