论经济人假设在经济研究中的合理性

经济人假设虽然受到许多批评,但却是经济研究应该坚持的正确方法。经济人假设的自利行为与大量事实基本相苻,同时也是完全正当的。针对经济人假设的形式化表达,西蒙的意见与其说是批评,还不如说是补充;行为经济学和实验经济学的批评本身包含很大的问题。经济人假设的基本思路是降低对人的行为的要求,而提高对制度的要求。

On the Rationality of Economic Man's Hypothesis in the Economic Research

Economic Man's Hypothesis is the right method that should be kept in economic research, though it has invited much criticism. Self-serving act of economic man's hypothesis corresponds basically with a lot of facts, and at the same time is totally proper. Targeting at the formal representation of economic man's hypothesis, Simon's opinions are supplementary rather than criticism; The criticism of behavioral economics and experimental economics contains in itself big questions. As to the criticism that economic man's hypothesis spreads rotten thinking, it should be put in theoretical framework of binary education in order to understand correctly. The basic train of thought of economic man's hypothesis is to reduce demands on human's behavior and to increase demands of system.