Almost universal acclaim greeted the award of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics to Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo (jointly with Michael Kremer). It is easy to see why. While their profession is struggling to rebuild its reputation after the 2008 financial crisis, these two MIT economists are idealistic, likeable and admirably productive. That they happen to be married merely adds a pleasant side note to their story of formidable intellectual endeavour.
今年諾貝兒經濟學獎頒給阿比吉特•班納吉(Abhijit Banerjee)和埃絲特•迪弗洛(Esther Duflo)（第三位共同獲獎者爲邁克爾•克雷默(Michael Kremer)），獲得了幾乎一致讚譽。原因顯而易見。儘管經濟學家這一職業在2008年金融危機過後難以重建聲譽，但這兩位麻省理工學院(MIT)的經濟學家是理想主義、可愛且極富成效的。而他們碰巧是一對夫婦，只是爲他們那艱難的求知故事增添了一段令人愉快的小插曲。
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