对“叙事经济学”的经济哲学反思

Economic Philosophical Reflection on"Narrative Economics"

“叙事经济学”把传统主流经济学不予关注的“经济叙事”纳入经济学的理论分析框架,把“经济叙事”以及由此而引发的心理情感作为影响经济行为的重要变量,以至于国内某些学者把“叙事经济学”看作具有开创性意义的重大贡献。然而,如此高度的评价只有在主流经济学理论范式之内才是可以成立的,即本质地看来,叙事经济学只能被看作对既有主流经济学理论范式的修正与完善,而不是它的颠覆与重构。同时,如果立足马克思政治经济学的理论高度和分析视角,我们就会看到希勒的观点,即把作为一个心理事件的“经济叙事”比如心理恐慌作为引发经济危机或金融危机的根源,也是不能成立的。当然,如果我们立足作为当下经济事实的市场经济,并着眼于中国特色社会主义经济学的理论建构,“叙事经济学”又的确为我们提供了重要的理论启示。

"Narrative economics"brings into the theoretical analysis framework of economics the"economic narrative"that the traditional mainstream economics does not pay attention to,and takes the"economic narrative"and the resulting psychological emotion as an important variable affecting economic behavior,so that some domestic scholars regard"narrative economics"as a significant contribution with pioneering significance.However,such a high evaluation can only be established within the theoretical paradigm of mainstream economics,that is,in essence,narrative economics can only be seen as the revision and improvement of the existing theoretical paradigm of mainstream economics,rather than its subversion and reconstruction.At the same time,if we base ourselves on the theoretical height and analytical perspective of Marx’s political economy,we will see Hiller’s view,that is,it is also untenable to regard the"economic narrative"as a psychological event,such as psychological panic,as the root cause of economic crisis or financial crisis.Of course,if we base ourselves on the market economy as the current economic reality and focus on the theoretical construction of socialist economics with Chinese characteristics,"narrative economics"indeed provides us with important theoretical enlightenment.