“经济人”假设的理论缘起

The Orign of "Economic Man"Theory

“经济人”是西方经济学的核心概念和理论起点。“经济人”假设的缘起是一个历史的过程,文艺复兴时的启蒙思想家以及霍布斯、坎布兰、孟德维尔、休谟等人的思想为“经济人”假设的产生提供了充足的理论支撑,并由亚当.斯密进行了系统的论证。

Economic Man is the core concept and theoretical beginning. The origin of Economic Man is a historical process, the thinkers of the Renaissance enlightenment , Hobbes. Thomas, R. Cumberland, Mandeville, Bernard and David. Hume had provided abundant theoretical support , and Adam. Smith gave it a systematic argument.