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U.S Economist Lloyd Shapley speaks on the phone minutes after being notified that he won the 2012 economics Noble prize in Los Angeles, California, October 15, 2012. Life-saving kidney exchange programmes are
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2012 Economics Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth receives congratulatory phone calls at his home in Menlo Park, California, on Monday, October 15, 2012. U.S. economist Alvin Roth, winner of the 2012 Nobel
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