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现在西方经济学对专有名词都有精确的定义。
而奠基的定义就是经济学的定义。
以前方便记忆,中文有两句话:资源有限,欲望无穷。
一门学科的基本定义就是立科之本。之后的思维和定义与发展都是围绕这立科之本而不相违。
如果连这个都是意义不定,含糊不清,请问怎样再讨论和发展。
请问马氏有吗?
曼昆的经济学教材:
Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. In most societies, resources are allocated not by an all-powerful dictator but through the combined choices of millions of households and firms. Economists, therefore, study how people make decisions: how much they work, what they buy, how much they save, and how they invest their savings. Economists also study how people interact with one another.
Parkin的经济学教材:
Economics is the social science that studies the choices that individuals, businesses, governments, and entire societies make as they cope with scarcity and the incentives that influence and reconcile those choices.
An incentive is a reward that encourages an action or a penalty that discourages one. Prices act as incentives.
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