经济学是否需要人文精神?

Does Economics Need Spirituality?

科学被想象为纯粹的技术性和工具性的追求。但是事实上在科学和精神性之间存在着深层的联系可以用来改变我们对经济学的理解。在20世纪,阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦加强了精神性和创造性的科学工作之间的联系。在经济学领域,只有少数学者,尤其是亨利·乔治和约翰·凯恩斯发展了关系的有机视角。他们的整体的或者精神的视角是他们能够找到解决失业和贫困问题的新办法,而这些新的办法用还原主义的分析方法是无法充分表述的。因此,精神性不仅仅是一个私人的或者内在的经验,而且具有通过智慧成果带来社会和谐的巨大潜力。

Science is often conceived of as a purely technical and instrumental pursuit. But there is actually a deep connection between science and spirituality which can be. applied to a reformed understanding of economics. In the 20th century, Mbert Einstein reaffirmed the necessary connection between spirituality and creative scientific work. Within the field of economics, only a small number of scholars, particularly Henry George and John Maynard Keynes, have developed an organic view of economic relationships. Their holistic or spiritual perspective enabled them to find innovative solutions to social problems of unemployment and poverty that could not be addressed adequately with reductionist methods of analysis. Thus, spirituality is not merely a private or inner experience; it has tremendous implications for producing intellectual achievements that can bring about social harmony.