看了刚出版的经济学家李晓西论文集《20年观察与思考》,勾起了潜伏在心底的一个沉重话题“经济学家的良心”。 在这经济大变革的年代,经济学成为中国最热门的学问,经济学家已成为最活跃的人。 然而,也有人抱怨、中国的很多经济学家缺乏独立创新、前瞻性的研究,往往是事后诸葛亮。 甚至有人抱怨:经济学“没良心”,经济学家“不讲良心”。的确,马尔萨斯曾断言,战争和瘟疫是解决人口膨胀的有效手段。太残忍! 这两个抱怨,触及到的问题正是:经 After reading the just-published economist Li Xiaoxi’s essay on “Observing and Thinking for 20 Years”, it elicited a heavy talk of “economist’s conscience” lurking in my heart. In this era of economic change, economics has become China’s hottest science and economists have become the most active people. However, others complain that many economists in China lack independent innovation and prospective researches are often post-hoc. Some people even complain: economics “no conscience,” economists “no conscience.” Indeed, Malthus once asserted that war and plague are effective means of solving the problem of population expansion. Too cruel! The two complaints, the problem is: the