亚当·斯密的节俭思想及其当代价值

Frugalness of Adam Smith and Its Modern Value

亚当·斯密的《国富论》包含着在经济活动中力求节俭的思想。斯密的节俭思想立足于人节俭和蓄财的天性，定位为资本积累的直接手段，反映了前工业时期资本主义发展的要求。这一思想是英国古典政治经济学关于资本积累理论的重要组成部分，在认识斯密思想体系的矛盾性特征、把握斯密两部主要著作的思想联系、理解马克思资本积累理论的科学性和超越性等方面具有学术价值；对新时代正确认识市场与政府的关系等亦有实践启示。

The Wealth of Nations, authored by Adam Smith, involves the philosophy of pursuing frugalness in economic activities. This idea is based on public nature of thrift and saving which is defined as direct manners of accumulation of capital. It indicates developing need of capitalism in prior industrial age and is part of capital accumulation theory of classical political economy in England. Adam＇s frugalness carries academic influences on learning his contradictoties, on grasping ideal relations between the Wealth of nations and the theory of moral sentiments, and appreciating science and transcendence in capital accumulation of Karl · Marx. And this frugalness pragmatically enlightens us to acquaint the relation between market and government in new era.