“经济人假说”的演变及其启示

西方主流经济学关于人的问题假设即“经济人假说” ,已经历了三次抽象或三个发展阶段 ,“经济人”也由“传统经济人”演变为“新经济人”。“新经济人”的产生在一定程度上复兴了新古典经济学 ,使经济学焕发出前所未有的生机和活力。但是“新经济人”也并非完美无缺。要想进一步推进经济学研究 ,就必须对人做出正确的抽象。对此 ,一些基础性的研究必不可少。

The Evolution of "Economic Man Hypothesis" and Its Revelation

The hypothesis concerning man, "Economic Man Hypothesis", in Western main-stream economics has gone through three abstractions or developing stages. "Economic man" has turned from "traditional economic man" into "new economic man". To some extent, "new economic man" has revived neo-classical economics and made it full of vitality. However, "new economic man" is not perfect. To push forward the research on economics, correct abstraction of man must be made. For this, some basic research is dispensable.