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Chapter 2 (page 41) The survival of the safest 1-5 BCDBA 6-10 ACDAB The background information 1. Author 2. “Animal spirits” (paragraph 1) 3. “jobless recovery” (paragraph 2) Article background The Survival of the Safest, by Robert J. Shiller(罗伯特·希勒), Commentary, NY Times, Posted(粘贴，公布) by?Mark Thoma?in October 2, 2010 in?Economics,Unemployment|?Permalink?(永久链接)?Comments?(30)? Employers have shed(裁员) 7.3 million jobs since December 2007 when the recession began; the jobless rate last month jumped to 10.2% , a 26-year high in October in America. Robert James Shiller?(born on March 29, 1946)[3]?is an?American?economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a?Sterling Professor?of Economics at?Yale University?and is a fellow at the?Yale School of Management‘s International Center for Finance.[4]?Shiller has been a?research?associate of the?National Bureau of Economic Research?(NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the?American Economic Association?in 2005, and President of the Eastern Economic Association for 2006-2007. He is also the co?founder and chief economist of the investment management firm Macro Markets LLC.Shiller is ranked among the 100 most influential economists of the world.[5]?On 14 October 2013, it was announced that Shiller, together with?Eugene Fama(尤金·法玛)?and?Lars Peter Hansen(拉尔斯彼得汉森), would receive the 2013? Nobel Prize in Economics , “for their empirical analysis of asset prices”. 罗伯特·希勒(Robert J. Shiller)，1946年3月26日生于底特律，美国经济学家，学者，畅销书作家。他是耶鲁大学亚瑟·奥肯经济学教授，也是耶鲁管理学院金融国际中心成员。席勒教授从1980年起任美国国家经济研究局（NBER）研究员。2005年任美国经济学会副主席。2006-2007年任东部经济学会主席。他也是MacroMarkets投资管理有限公司的创始人和首席经济学家。同时希勒跻身全球100个最有影响力的经济学家。瑞典皇家科学院决定将2013年瑞典国家银行纪念阿尔弗雷德?诺贝尔经济科学奖授予美国芝加哥大学的尤金?法玛（Eugene F. Fama）和拉尔斯?汉森(Lars Peter Hansen)，以及美国耶鲁大学的罗伯特J?希勒教授（Robert J. Shiller），因“他们对资产价格的实证分析”（their empirical analysis of asset prices）。 Personal life Shiller was born in Detroit(底特律), Michigan(密歇根州), the son of Ruth R. (née Radsville) and Benjamin Peter Shi