市场理论具有复杂的结构，本文仅就市场作用和政府作用这个市场理论最核心的内容来简略分析西方市场理论发展的历史进程。一、西方市场理论产生之前的市场研究在原始公社边缘地带剩余产品交换基础上萌发的市场，已有漫长的历史。而研究市场的历史则可以追溯到古希腊，如柏拉图 Market theory has a complex structure. This article only briefly analyzes the historical process of the development of western market theory based on the core content of the market theory and market function. I. THE MARKET RESEARCH BEFORE THE WHOLE MARKET THEORY IS CREATED There has been a long history of markets that germinated on the basis of the exchange of surplus products on the fringes of primitive communes. The history of the market can be traced back to ancient Greece, such as Plato