马克思关于技术变迁的演化经济思想

Marxist evolutionary economic thoughts on technological changes

几乎所有的演化经济学家都承认,马克思的确是位有着丰富演化思想的经济学家,而这一点在其有关技术变迁的理论中表现得尤为突出。马克思在关于技术与社会的关系、关于技术的本质、关于技术进步的累积过程和选择过程,以及关于技术消失的考察中都广泛地应用了生物学隐喻研究方法,蕴含着丰富而深邃的演化经济思想和洞见,这也为后人继续研究和发展一种技术变迁的演化理论指明了方向。

Nearly all evolutionary economists hold that Marx is indeed an economist with rich evolutionary thoughts, especially his theories of technological changes. When examining the relationship of technology and society, the nature of technology, the accumulation and selection process of technological advancement, and technological disappearance, Marx employs biological metaphor research method. It contains rich and deep revolutionary economic thoughts and insights, which indicates the direction for the followers to continue and devdop an evolutionary theory of technological changes.