我国经济正在由计划经济向市场经济过渡,政府如何加强对经济的宏观管理成为迫切需要解决的问题,西方主要国家在这方面的经验无疑是值得借鉴的。一、宏观管理与宏观调控当前人们常把宏观管理与宏观调控混为一谈,其实两者有很大的不同。市场经济并不是万能的,它本身也有不可避免的缺陷,凯恩斯在《通论》中提出的全新的思想为政府干预经济提供了理论基础。所谓宏观管理是指政府干预经济波动,解决种种市场失灵(竞争的缺陷、公共产品 The economy of our country is being transformed from a planned economy to a market economy. How the government strengthens its macro-economic management has become an urgent issue to be solved. The experience of the major western countries is undoubtedly worth learning from. I. Macro-management and Macro-control At present, people often confuse macroeconomic management with macroeconomic control. In fact, the two are very different. The market economy is not a panacea, but it also has its own inevitable defects. The entirely new thought Keynes proposed in the General Theory provides the theoretical basis for the government to intervene in the economy. The so-called macro-management refers to the government intervention in economic fluctuations, to solve various market failures (competition flaws, public goods