When James Tobin won the Nobel memorial prize in 1981, a journalist asked him to summarise his research in simple language. The great macroeconomist attempted to respond to this challenge, and one wire service dutifully reported that Professor Tobin had won the prize “for his work on the principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket”.
當(dāng)詹姆斯?托賓(James Tobin)獲得1981年諾貝爾(Nobel)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)獎時,一名記者請他用簡單通俗的語言概括自己的研究內(nèi)容。這位偉大的宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家嘗試回應(yīng)了這一挑戰(zhàn),對此一家通訊社進(jìn)行了忠實(shí)的報道,稱“托賓教授憑借對‘不要將所有雞蛋放在一個籃子里’理論的研究獲得了諾貝爾經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)獎”。