在市场经济中抑制自私性的经济学意义

On Economic Sense of Restraining Selfishness in Market Economy

实行市场经济体制,我们不否定自利的作用,但必须贯彻市场交易的平等原则。因此,绝不能纵容自私性,甚至放大自私性。现代化生产要求生产过程的连续性和交易过程的连续性。抑制自私性是为了保证交易的顺利进行。在这个意义上,抑制自私性能够带来效率,是效率的需要,而不只是公平的需要,因此抑制自私性具有经济学意义。人们为抑制自私性作出了不懈的努力。中国的经济体制改革没有错,错就错在一些经济学家打着市场经济理论的旗号反对市场经济的平等交易原则,从而搞乱了市场秩序。建立社会主义市场经济,抑制自私性的力度应该比资本主义市场经济更大。

We do not deny self-interest behaviors in the market economy, but we insist on the principle of equality in market transaction. The selfishness cannot therefore be connived, and moreover, be magnified. Modern production requires process continuity for both production and transaction. Restraining selfishness aims to assure smooth market operation, and in this sense. selfishness restraint is the demand of efficiency, not only the need of equality. We must make more effort to restrain selfishness in socialist economy than in capitalist market economy.