谈到经济形势如何,经济学家会如数家珍地列举一个国家或地区的GDP、人均GDP、通货膨胀率、失业率等一串数字。然而,这些用科学的方法统计出来,可以精确到小数点后面若干位的数字,即使反映了社会财富的真实变化,也总是非人性化的。人们从事经济活动的目标是实现福利最大化。但数 When it comes to the economic situation, economists will give a clumsy list of a series of figures such as GDP, per capita GDP, inflation rate and unemployment rate in a country or region. However, these statistics, which are scientifically calculated, can be accurate to a few digits behind the decimal point and are always dehumanizing even if they reflect the real changes in social wealth. The goal of economic activity is to maximize welfare. But the number