本文回顾了自现代经济学诞生以来,主流经济学家在面对社会经济问题时不时表现出的冷漠和自满。作者并指出这一现象根源于经济学家们希望赢得掌声、唯恐出现争议的天性。由于维持商界信心和资本主义的根本利益之间存在着逆相关的关系,为促进经济良性运行所采取的维护穷人利益的政策必然会在短期内激起富裕的商业界的强烈争议。出于避免争议的考虑,经济学家们大多选择了逃避。 This article reviews the apathy and complacency that mainstream economists have demonstrated from time to time in the face of socio-economic problems since the birth of modern economics. The authors point out that this phenomenon stems from the nature of economists’ hopes of winning applause and fearing controversy. Because of the inverse relationship between business confidence and the fundamental interests of capitalism, the policy of safeguarding the interests of the poor to promote the healthy operation of the economy inevitably arouses strong controversy in the affluent business circles in the short term. To avoid controversy, most economists have chosen to avoid it.