中国政治经济学的研究方法

Research Methods in China Political Economics

涉及国家和社会层面的经济理论,都属于政治经济学的范畴,其研究方法应该是一个体系。不能简单地认为,马克思主义政治经济学的研究方法只是抽象的方法,西方经济学的研究方法就是实证的方法。唯物史观是中国政治经济学研究的根本方法。中国人比较容易接受“实用理性”“历史理性”的思维方式,这一思维方式,也比较容易与唯物史观的方法对接。

Economic theories on state or community level fall into the category of political economics, as agreed upon over 400 years ago. The research methods of political economics should be deemed as an integrated system. We cannot simply assume research methods applied in Marxist Political Economics to be abstract, and those used in Western economics to be empirical. Materialism serves as the fundamental approach to China Political Economics. Chinese people are more willingly to adopt the thought pattern featuring pragmatic reasoning and historical rationality, which also matches with materialistic approaches.