约翰·希克斯是当代英国著名经济学家,一九七三年同美国经济学家肯尼思·阿罗一起获得诺贝尔经济学奖金。瑞典皇家科学院称赞他们在一般均衡理论和福利经济学方面作出了开创性的研究成果。然而,希克斯在经济史研究上的贡献也是应引起人们注意的。希克斯在经济史领域内的研究,集中反映在他于一九六九年出版的《经济史理论》一书中。和熊彼特一样,希克斯感兴趣的是提出一种可以用于解释人类社会经济史的经济理论,而不是专门去研究某一时 John Hicks, a famous contemporary British economist, won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1973 with the U.S. economist Kenneth Arrow. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised them for their pioneering work on general equilibrium theory and welfare economics. However, Hicks's contributions to the study of economic history should also be brought to the attention. Hicks study in the field of economic history, concentrated in his book published in 1969, “Economic History Theory” in a book. Like Schumpeter, Hicks is interested in proposing an economic theory that can be used to explain the economic history of human societies, rather than specifically looking at a certain time