US economist Richard Thaler, one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics, has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics.

　　美国经济学家理查德.泰勒获得了今年的诺贝尔经济学奖，他是行为经济学的创始人之一。

　　Prof Thaler, of Chicago Booth business school, co-wrote the global best seller Nudge, which looked at how people make bad or irrational choices.

　　芝加哥布兹商学院的泰勒教授与他人合写了全球畅销书《助推》，该书研究了人们如何做出糟糕或不理性的选择。

　　Judges said he had demonstrated how "nudging" - a term he coined - may help people to exercise better self-control.

　　评委们表示，他诠释了他发明的术语“助推”如何帮助人们进行更好的自我控制。

　　He will receive 9 million Swedish krona (?850,000) from the committee.

　　他将从委员会那里收到900万瑞典克朗(850000英镑)。

　　"I will try to spend it as irrationally as possible!" the 72 year-old economist said.

　　这位72岁的经济学家表示：“我将努力尽可能地非理性花费这笔钱。”