个体与社会利益冲突视角下的社会成本理论源流——兼论经济学“非市场”逻辑的缘起

The Ideological Sources of the Social Cost Theory under the Angle of Conflicts between Individual Interests and Social Good——And on the Origin of Non-market Logic in Economics

庇古和科斯对社会成本理论的贡献已获得学界一致公认。而社会成本理论的思想渊源可以追溯到早期的重商主义。从重商主义、重农学派、亚当.斯密、西斯蒙第,到约翰.穆勒、西奇威克,个体利益与社会利益的冲突成为社会成本思想演进的一条主线。当今社会,经济个体在社会中不计社会成本的逐利行为,正严重侵蚀社会公共福利乃至人类社会的根基。梳理社会成本理论的思想源流,有助于正确认识个体与社会利益的冲突,探索解决问题的适当出路。

The contributions of Pigou and Coase to the social cost theory have been generally acknowledged.The ideological sources of the social cost theory could date back to early mercantilism.From mercantilism to physiocracy to Adam Smith to Sismondi and to John Stuart Mill and Henry Sidgwick,the main clue of the evolution of social cost thought has been with the conflicts between individual interests and social good.In modern society,self-interested actions of individuals regardless of social cost are bringing greater damage to the social welfare.We explore the ideological sources of the social cost theory in order to understand the conflicts between individual interests and social good and to seek adequate solutions to the problem.