我们有时需要一个小小的理论,去简化生活中复杂的大事。我本着这种精神,仿照印度作家Arundhati Roy的小说名称,将本文题目初拟为《小事之神》。我这样做是因为这标题要比我真正的主题——“微观经济的重要”更吸引人。我的用意是指出世界各处经济表现的悬殊从美国的蓬勃到欧洲的高失业率乃至日本的呆滞。你还可加进一些别的热门话题,如有关“微软”的争论。“微观经济学”这个名 Sometimes we need a little theory to simplify the complex events in life. In this spirit, I modeled on the novel name of the Indian writer Arundhati Roy, the subject of this article was originally intended as “little god.” I am doing this because it is more attractive than my real theme - the importance of microeconomics. My intention is to point out the disparity in economic performance in various parts of the world from the booming United States to the high unemployment rate in Europe and even Japan’s sluggishness. You can also add some other hot topics, such as the “Microsoft ” argument. “Microeconomics ” the name