The award of the Nobel memorial prize in economics to Lloyd Shapley and Alvin Roth is overdue: Mr Shapley should have shared the 1994 prize with John Nash and others, while Mr Roth has been a leading contender in recent years. The choice is a particularly good one because economists have acquired some bad habits, and Mr Roth’s example may serve to break them.
現在才授予勞埃德•沙普利(Lloyd Shapley)與阿爾文•羅思(Alvin Roth)諾貝兒經濟學獎太遲了：沙普利早在1994年就應該與約翰•奈許(John Nash)及其他人分享該獎項，而羅思則是近年來強有力的競爭人選。這次的選擇尤爲明智，因爲經濟學家已經染上了一些壞習性，羅思樹起的榜樣可能有助於打破它們。
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