西方经济学家的傲慢与偏狭

The Arrogance and Insularity of Western Economists

美国社会学家Fourcade等用大量证据,描述了现代西方经济学研究范式的狭隘,经济学领域等级结构的森严,经济学家优裕待遇下利己主义的世界观和享有解决问题权威性的自负,尖锐地批评了主流经济学家的傲慢与偏狭,包括对其他学科的排斥和粗暴侵占。这些分析和批判,在美国社会科学界引起了关于如何评价经济学家地位及作用的激烈争论。这些争论对中国经济学的定位及良性发展,也具有重要的启示和借鉴作用。

By using a mass of evidence,American socialist Marion Fourcade and colleagues,sharply criticize the arrogance and insularity of some mainstream economists in Western countries,including their narrow research paradigm,their more individualist worldviews,the confidence they have in their discipline's ability to fix the world's problems,the insularity of the discipline and the imperialistic expansion of economics into aspects of social science.The analysis and criticism have triggered fierce debates among social scientists in the U.S.on how to evaluate the role and status of economists,which can be of referential value to the academic positioning and sound developmentof economics in China.