Knut
Americannoun
noun
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Admonished for not knowing Knut Wicksell’s theory of the natural rate of interest, I quickly brushed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Only last weekend the head of referees, Knut Kircher, sat in the TV studio throughout Saturday's matches to try to offer perspective.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Swedish economist Knut Wicksell introduced the concept in the early 20th century to explain the business cycle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
It was funded by EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, a joint VR-NCSF funding, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Swiss National Science Foundation grant BRIDGE.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
One of his most valuable allies would be a man he didn’t know, and would never meet—a twenty-nine-year-old Norwegian named Knut Haukelid.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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