东亚模式的争议与我见

On Controversies over the East Asian Model

东亚模式是否存在,是近年来特别是东亚金融危机后国内外学术界争议颇大的问题之一。本文认为,促进东亚经济腾飞的基本要素即东亚模式。东亚模式的基本特征可分经济、政治、文化三种类别,每一类模式中均有诸多不同于西方模式的特征。但与西方欧美成熟模式相比,东亚模式仍处于初期阶段,经金融危机考验后需要经过整合而成为第二代发展模式。不能用西方现代的模式标准来衡量东亚刚刚起步的模式。

One of the hot issues that have aroused controversial ideas in the academic circle at home and abroad is whether there really exists an East Asian model of economic development. This article holds that the East Asian model is the essential element that has given rise to the economic growth in East Asia. Characteristics of East Asian model can be classified into economic, political and cultural ones. Each one is different from that of the Western counterpart. However, compared with Western models which are relatively more mature, the East Asian model is still underdeveloped. Trials of the financial crisis will yield a second generation of this model. The author cautions that this newly developed East Asian economic model should not be assessed by modern criteria of the Western models and that historical idealism should be abandoned.