As with malaria drugs, millions of people would benefit from such an idea, but their ability to pay is limited. And, sure enough, in most of what we economists write – and, more important, in what we teach in business schools – it is hard to tell the difference between being pro-market and being pro-business.
就像疟疾药一样，这种观点会让千百万人受益，但却很难获得回报。此外，毫无疑问，在我们经济学家的作品中——更重要的是，在我们的商学院授课中——大部分时候很难说明白自持市场和支持商业的区别。与权贵资本主义的斗争从课堂就开始了，我们当教授的不可避免地牵涉其中。如果我们不能称为解决问题的一部分，那么就会沦为问题的一部分。