美国圣迭戈加州大学的两位经济学家J·麦克米兰和B·瑙顿先生在他们的《如何改革计划经济:中国给我们的启示》(载《牛津经济政策评论》)中,认为,中国的改革进程并不是最优的,至少在理论上不能这样说。事实上,在中国的改革进程中,有过许多小的失误,有过许多纠正。但是大家都可以看到,中国的改革进程显示一种罕见的“鲁棒性”。鲁棒性是robustness的汉译,原意包含坚强、粗壮、经得起一些折腾的意思。鲁棒性本是近年来自然科学非线性系统分析中的新宠概 In his “How to Reform a Planned Economy: Insights China Give Us” (Oxford Review of Economic Policy), two economists at the University of California, San Diego, USA, J. Macmillan and Mr. B. Nauton argue that China’s The reform process is not optimal, at least not in theory. In fact, during the process of China’s reform, there have been many minor mistakes and many corrections have been made. However, as we all can see, China’s reform process shows a rare “robustness.” Robustness is a robustness of the Chinese translation, the original meaning contains a strong, sturdy, stand up to some frustrating meaning. Robustness is the new favorite in the analysis of nonlinear systems in the natural sciences in recent years