政府在现代市场经济中的作用──西方经济学界的探讨

The Role of Government in Modern Market Economy ──Research Done in Western Economics Circle

本文对西方经济学界关于资本主义市场经济条件下政府职能理论的演变和发展作了简要的分析和论述，系统地探讨了有关“市场失败”和“政府失败”的各种观点。

The author gives a brief analysis and discussion on the evolution and development of thetheory concerning the government's function under the conditions of modern capitalist market economy as conducted by the Western ceonomics. A systematic elaboration is devoted to the various views centering round #market failure' and 'government failure'.