「周五勵志更新」諾貝爾經濟學獎獲得主們給年輕經濟學家們的忠告

一天晚上，孫安娜躺在床上看著我們學校的Econ skit，在YouTube右側的推薦欄內找到了一個Nobel Laureates Give Advice to Young Economists的視頻，點開一看，Oliver Hart, Angus Deaton, James Heckman, Edward Prescott, Alvin Roth...這個視頻中錄臉的每個經濟學大大們，都是孫安娜從小聽故事聽到大的偶像們。

以孫安娜與他們的年齡差，這些諾貝爾經濟學獲得主都可以當孫安娜的爺爺了。平時傳說中嚴謹認真，不犯錯誤的大神們，竟然在這個視頻中擠出時間，給我們年輕一代的經濟學家提建議？！好機會得不償失，孫安娜打算做一次搬運工，把這些大牛的經驗都分享給大家。

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比較 | 諾獎經濟學家給年輕經濟學家的忠告

依照出場順序，以下孫安娜列出了所有露臉的諾貝爾獎得主，以及他們的主要警言忠告：

James Heckman

2000年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples".

"Many People today get so pessimistic about economics because there have been so many ideologies."

"I think there is a great deal of opportunity still in economics. The fact is that real problems remain and that real solutions are possible."

「現在很多的年輕人因為大量的理論知識對經濟這門學科感到失望。而我認為，機會還有很多，經濟學還存在著許多實際問題以及實際解決方案。」

Edward Prescott

2004年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for their [sic] contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles".

"I generally encourage students to be honest and do what they think is good."

「我鼓勵自己的學生，誠實做人，不忘初心。」

Oliver Hart

2016年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for their [sic] contributions to contract theory".

"Asking difficult or interesting questions is something very important."

「能夠提出困難或有趣的問題很重要。」

"Try to ask something which is a little more challenging and where you think "I am not sure anybodys really answered that question"."

「盡量嘗試挑戰一些有難度問題，那些別人還沒有找到答案的問題。」

"The most important interactions Ive had in my life have not been with elders, theyve been with peers. Ive got a huge amount out of co-authoring."

「我人生中最重要的互動並非前輩晚輩之間的互動，而是同齡人之間的溝通。從合著中，我學到了很多。」

Alvin Roth

2012年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design".

"Find work that you want to do that both inspires you and thrills you with the fun of doing it."

「找到使自己收穫靈感，激情，以及趣味的研究。」

"You will find that your collegaues who are educated elsewhere have some different points of view and I think one of the valuable things is talk among the young people themselves."

「每個不同背景的人對事情會有不同的看法。尊重，討論，理解我們之間的不同性，教無常師，是十分重要的。」

Lars Peter Hansen

2013年諾貝爾經濟學得主 - "for their [sic] empirical analysis of asset prices".

"Part of what it takes to be a good researcher is energy, passion, and effort to make it happen."

「成為一個優秀的研究者，需要動力，激情，以及足夠的努力。」

"You need to have some creativity, but you also need to be able to put serious effort into it."

「創意固然重要，但是同樣，勤奮不可缺少。」

Robert Schiller

2013年諾貝爾經濟學得主 - "for their [sic] empirical analysis of asset prices".

"Young people today who enter economics often took too cynical a view. "Its all mathematics. I am going to play some game."."

「現在年輕人，喜歡用有色眼鏡看經濟，認為這是一門有關於數學的學科。」

"Young people often underestimate the tolerance of older people like me in the profession. Tolerance toward experimental ideas. They also underestimate how much people at my age are bored by people who just do the same thing weve been doing. We want to hear something different."

"他們低估了我們這老一輩對於新穎想法的容忍度，對重複我們研究想法的人感到的無聊度。我們需要聆聽不同的聲音。」

Sir Angus Deaton

2015年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".

"Its very important for people to do things because they really want to do them and work on ideas that are very really important to them."

「我們所做的研究，必須要是我們自身喜歡並感到不可缺少的。」

Edmund Phelps

2006年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 - "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy".

"The young economists are missing the human side of economic activity. Its important that young economist get their nose out of the data."

「現在的年輕經濟學家，過多專註於對數據的分析和研究，忽略了經濟實際貼近我們本身的那一面。」

禪既不可道,故智者以詩喻之。

每次聆聽智者之道的時候，聽到自己被稱為「現在的年輕人」，心頭不禁一緊。老一輩睿智直言，是我們年輕一代必須尊重，謙虛聆聽，並且實際去做的。

根據他們的智言，反思之際，孫安娜覺得自己也是幸運的。作為年輕一輩的經濟學生，我們有一代兢兢業業，德才兼備的老一代經濟學家。他們行走在前，為我們鋪出綠蔭大道，事事為天下人，希望我們可以青出於藍而勝於藍。

而我真誠的希望，我們這一代，能夠遵從前輩們的教導，兢兢業業，尊重他人，勇於溝通，探索，理解。在一切紙醉金迷之中，不忘初心。

謝謝諸位前輩經濟學家們抽出時間，給我們後輩提出建議。

在此與眾位共勉。

Reference:

"All Prizes in Economic Sciences." Nobelprize.org. Accessed July 14, 2017. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/.

NobelLaureateMeeting. "Nobel Laureates Give Advice to Young Economists." YouTube. May 09, 2017. Accessed July 14, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9X0ogs0Ihc.

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