The winner of this year’s Nobel prize ineconomics, Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, is a controversial choice. Thaler is known for his lifelong pursuit of behavioural economics (and its subfield, behavioural finance), which is the study of economics (and finance) from a psychological perspective. For some in the profession, the idea that psychological research should even be part of economics has generated hostility for years. 今年的諾貝爾經(jīng)濟學獎獲得者是芝加哥大學的理查德·塞勒(Richard Thaler),這是一個有爭議的選擇,。查德·塞勒(RichardThaler)因為終生追求行為經(jīng)濟學(是經(jīng)濟學的分支,,行為金融學)而出名,,這是一門研究心理學角度下的經(jīng)濟學(金融學)。對一些專業(yè)人士來說,,這種心理學研究甚至會成為經(jīng)濟學的一部分的想法,,多年來產(chǎn)生敵意。
Not from me. I find it wonderful that the Nobel Foundation chose Thaler. The economics Nobel has already been awarded to a number of people who can be classified as behavioural economists, including George Akerlof, Robert Fogel, Daniel Kahneman, Elinor Ostrom, and me. With the addition of Thaler, we now account for approximately 6% of all Nobel economics prizes ever awarded. 我認為諾貝爾基金會選擇泰勒是極好的,。諾貝爾經(jīng)濟學獎已經(jīng)被授予許多歸類為行為經(jīng)濟學家的人,,包括喬治·阿克爾洛夫、羅伯特·福格爾,、丹尼爾·卡尼曼,、埃莉諾·奧斯特羅姆和我。隨著泰勒的加入,,我們現(xiàn)在占所有曾獲得的諾貝爾經(jīng)濟學獎人數(shù)的6%,。 But many in economics and finance still believe that the best way to describe human behaviour is to eschew psychology and instead model human behaviour as mathematical optimisation by separate and relentlessly selfish individuals, subject to budget constraints. 但許多經(jīng)濟學和金融學領(lǐng)域的人仍然相信,回避心理是描述人類的行為的最好方式,,相反,,將人類行為建模,作為獨立個體的數(shù)學優(yōu)化模型,,會受到預(yù)算限制,。
Of course, not all economists, or even amajority, are wedded to this view, as evidenced by the fact that both Thalerand I have been elected president, in successive years, of the American Economic Association, the main professional body for economists in the United States. But many of our colleagues unquestionably are. 當然,,不是所有的經(jīng)濟學家,,或者甚至于大多數(shù)經(jīng)濟學家,贊同這一觀點,,事實證明,,泰勒和我連續(xù)幾年當選美國經(jīng)濟學會(the American Economic Association)的主席,該學會是美國經(jīng)濟學家的主要專業(yè)機構(gòu),。但我們的許多同事并沒有當選為美國經(jīng)濟學會的主席,。
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