Economics humorous master

A joke says that a lady has a terrible illness and can only survive for half a year. She asked her doctor how she could have had a good time in the past six months. The doctor suggested that she marry an economist, because the economics tutor is boring and tasteless. "If you are with him, you may not want to die early ." However, if this lady is looking for a French economist --

The French Parliament is discussing the construction of a railway from Paris to Madrid. A lawyer named simiot suggested that the railway should be interrupted in Bordeaux so that luggage handling workers, shops, theaters, service personnel, and owners in Bordeaux could be involved, as well as the crew members on ships and other types of people and income increased, the wealth of Bordeaux increased, and the wealth of France increased. The French economist immediately said, "You speak too well, but it doesn't have to be limited to Bordeaux. It should be the case for cities such as engolham, Porto, tours, and Zhangye that pass the railway. Isn't France richer? He also suggested naming the railway interrupted by the text section in the Classic Summer classics as a "opposite Railway"-not conducive to traffic, but to add trouble.

When the French governor suggested raising tariffs to protect state workers, he wrote a letter to the Minister of Commerce saying that this proposal is really good because it would not allow foreign export of sharp axes, we will work with our own blunt axes. 100 for a big ax and 300 for a small ax. In this way, it takes three hours to finish the job. Labor can create wealth, and three hours of wealth is always more than one hour!

Of course, the most famous is the "Candle merchant petition" written by the economist in 1845. In the name of a candle merchant, he said that we cannot compete with the sun. The light of the sun is free of cost. Therefore, we hope that the legislators will cover the whole country with a backdrop and make the whole world dark forever, the national economy can flourish. His article is still widely cited. This story is widely used in economics. As you can see, the economics humorous master I introduced is BA Shixia. If this lady is lucky enough to marry Ba Shixia, read the master's book, and listen to the master's ridicule of economics, she will surely laugh every day and don't want to die, maybe the child will be defeated by joy!

Clode Frederic Bastiat, 1801 ~ 1850) the book is full of such humorous jokes and logical reasoning that seems to be false but makes the enemy unable to return. His books, including sophismes é conomiques, 1847, and what he sees and does not see, or a political and Economics Course (coq úon voit et ce Q úon ne voit pas, ou iéconmie politique en une lecon, 1846 ), however, he mainly works on harmonious economy (harmonies é conomiques, 1850 ).

Although the book written by Dr. Ba has a great sense of humor, his life is not smooth. He was an orphan when he was nine years old in banrena, France, but still had a good education and studied a lot. After he inherited his grandfather's heritage at the age of 24, he went through business and government, but he did not succeed. He is a bit like the good-hearted but clumsy count of Pierre in the war and peace of thosteth. In 1830, The pobian Dynasty escaped from France, but also recruited 600 young people to bravely rush into the bastion of A pobian dynasty. In the result, the people did not fight and asked them to join the wine. The heroic behavior turned into a joke. He has been living in the country and is called a "foreigner" by Paris ". In 1844, he published an article entitled "The Impact of tariffs on the future of the two countries in France and Britain" in the magazine of economists. He criticized tariff protection and advocated free trade, it has aroused a sensation and has entered the economic field since then. Since then, he has published many influential articles and workbooks. His sharp, humorous, and cynical articles have a much greater impact on society than the normative papers of those serious scholars. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1848. Unfortunately, he suffered from tuberculosis in his years, and died in 1850, only 49 years old. The priest at his end said, "truth, truth..." was the last thing he muttered to himself ......".

So what truth does Ba Shixia pursue? He believes that on the surface of human society, there seems to be a variety of disturbances. Everyone is scrambling for their own private interests. In reality, under the adjustment of the market mechanism, society is harmonious, and everyone's self-interest efforts will ultimately benefit the whole society. There is no conflict among domestic workers, peasants, capitalists, and landlords, and the interests are consistent. Internationally, countries are harmonious and free trade can ensure mutual prosperity. Unlike the pessimism of martsas, Li Ka-tu, and the class struggle emphasized by the socialist, he is an optimistic. In fact, that humorous and funny style is exactly the embodiment of his optimistic attitude towards society-a person who is always worried about the country and the people, how can he be humorous?

Of course, even from that point of view, this set of views is not creative, and there is no theoretical depth. Therefore, the masters of economics have never spoke highly of him. A. Marshall, British master of economics, believes that he does not have much better understanding of economics than any other socialist he opposes. He said that ba Shixia is not a bad theoretical entity, but not a theoretical entity. H. Carey, an American economist with the same view, even accused Mr. Xia of plagiarizing his theory in his preface to the principles of social science.

Ba Shixia's credit lies in the use of humorous texts to spread economics. Because of this, BA Shixia is called "the greatest evangelist of the gospel of free trade in the history of Economics ". He called him "the best economic journalist ever ". Edgeworth, a British economist, praised him as a genius in popularizing his predecessors in economics. In fact, isn't it a success to introduce those profound economic principles to the public with a humorous, funny, and popular pen? Why innovation! Reading the works of BA Shixia is a kind of enjoyment, while enjoying the true meaning of liberalism. Isn't that why we still Miss Ba Shixia?