For the great majority of readers, the concept of "information" sits at the core of their professional relevance. Points of view and personal interests can vary: the thought of some will go to Shannon's information theory, some others will think of societal aspects and the impact on economy, education, health, warfare, government, and democracy. The economic value of information has been the subject of academic studies for at least 50 years, starting from the seminal work of Fritz Machlup on the production and distribution of knowledge, with peaks of visibility and recognition such as the Nobel Prize in Economics awarded in 2001 to George Akerlof, Michael Spence, and Joseph E. Stiglitz "for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information".
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机译：对于绝大多数读者来说，“信息”概念是他们专业相关性的核心。观点和个人利益可能会有所不同：有些人的思想会进入香农的信息理论，另一些人的思想会涉及社会方面以及对经济，教育，卫生，战争，政府和民主的影响。从弗里茨·麦克鲁普（Fritz Machlup）在知识的生产和分配方面的开创性工作开始，信息的经济价值一直是学术研究的主题，已有50多年的历史，而知名度和认可度也达到了顶峰，例如2001年获得诺贝尔经济学奖。致乔治·阿克洛夫（George Akerlof），迈克尔·斯彭斯（Michael Spence）和约瑟夫·E·斯蒂格利茨（Joseph E. Stiglitz）“对不对称信息市场进行的分析”。
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