韩国国内的经济民主化论战及问题

Economic Democracy Issue and Problem in South Korea

经济民主化是一个非常模糊的概念。"民主化"意味着在政治领域的平等,而"经济"则被认为是以市场为前提的概念,是有竞争力的企业生存、没竞争力的企业淘汰的差别化系统。因此,经济领域的民主化可能会带来严重破坏市场系统本身的后果。最近韩国政界提出的以财阀所有结构改革为中心的经济民主化法案可能会造成韩国财阀的全球竞争力萎缩,因而给整个社会带来不良影响。

Economic democracy is an ambiguous and contradictory use of the phrase. Because democracy is based on the notion that every person is equal with the one man, one vote principle, it contradicts the principle of market economy where strong companies soar and weak companies decline. So, Economic democracy bill to reform the ownership structures of South korea＇s largest business groups （chaebol） will hurt the international competitiveness of chaebol and do not benefit the public. Ultimately, The modem corporation is the product of an evolutionary process in which entrepreneurs and investors together select governance structures for new firms, which then compete with each other in the markets for products, employees, and capital. So, the authorities should respect that ability rather than imposing its own bureaucratic view of what is good corporate governance. This is Economic democracy.