As Dani Rodrik has well put it: “If economics were only about profit maximization, it would be just another name for business administration. It is a social discipline, and society has other means of cost accounting beside market prices.”
正如达·罗德里克（Dani Rodrik）所说：“如果经济只不过是利润最大化，那它也只不过是工商管理而已。经济是一门社会科学，而社会除了市场价格外，还是存在其它经济核算手段的。”