The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, for work that “makes you laugh, then makes you think”, came and went this year, with a clutch of worthy winners. I must report, more in sorrow than in anger, that no Ig Nobel Prize in economics was awarded. This is a great shame. The Ig Nobel Prizes have occasionally been known to dabble in juvenile humour, but, at their best, they illuminate important ideas that the Nobel Prizes themselves cannot reach.
今年,為表彰“讓你發笑,然后讓你思考”的作品而舉行的搞笑諾貝爾獎(Ig Nobel Prize)頒獎典禮來了又走了,產生了一批當之無愧的獲獎者。我必須報告的是,與其說是憤怒,不如說是悲哀,因為沒有頒發搞笑諾貝爾經濟學獎。這是一個巨大的遺憾。眾所周知,搞笑諾貝爾獎偶爾會摻雜一些低級趣味,但在最佳狀態下,它們能闡明諾貝爾獎本身無法觸及的重要思想。
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