当前,一些西方经济学的经典理论和观点已为大家熟知,在应用领域也体现出了其自身的价值。但是,我们不能因此陷入对西方经济学的盲从,将西方经济理论奉为圭臬,以此来评判我国现实、指导改革。西方一些关于经济社会管理的经典论述,是在特定时代背景下形成的,有其自身的局限性,在时代变迁、生产组织方式变革之后,我们需要结合实践进行再认识。一、“守夜人”政府——未被证明的假设在十八世纪的自由资本主义时代,亚当·斯密 At present, some classical theories and opinions of western economics are already well known in the field of application and also reflect their own value. However, we can not therefore fall into the blind obedience to western economics and regard Western economic theory as the pretext to judge our reality and guide the reform. Some classic Western treatises on economic and social management are formed in the context of a specific era and have their own limitations. After the times change and the production and organization mode has changed, we need to re-understand the practice. One, “Night Watch ” government - the unproven assumptions in the eighteenth century era of free capitalism, Adam Smith