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芝加哥大学教授R·W·弗格尔和圣路易斯市华盛顿大学教授D·C·诺思,都是经济史学家。他们倾注其研究精力于经济历史的考察,研究经济在过去是如何运行的,如何能使它运转得更好。瑞典国家科学院在颂辞中说,他们之所以获奖,是因为他们运用经济理论和量化方法,阐释经济变迁和体制变革,为经济史的研究开创了新局面。称誉他们是“新经济史领域的带头人”,授予经济学诺贝尔纪念奖,奖金82.5万美元。两位经济学家在他们的研究中都重视组织、制度的作用。弗格尔教授强调铁路在美国经济发展中的作用。他同时认为奴隶制在美国发展中曾是具有经济效益的。他关于奴隶制的这一评价,曾引起强烈的
R W. Fogle, a professor at the University of Chicago, and D · C. North, a professor at the University of Washington in St. Louis, are economic historians. They devoted their research efforts to the study of economic history to study how the economy operated in the past and how it could make it work better. The Swedish National Academy of Sciences said in a tribute that they won the prize because they used economic theories and quantitative methods to explain economic changes and institutional changes and set a new stage in the study of economic history. They are honored as “leaders in the field of new economic history” and awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for a total of 825,000 U.S. dollars. Both economists emphasized the role of organization and system in their research. Professor Fergel emphasized the role of railways in the economic development of the United States. At the same time, he also considered slavery as having economic benefits in the development of the United States. His assessment of slavery has caused strong