中华外国经济研究会第四届代表会议暨学术讨论会子1990年5月7日至11日在四川成都召开。会议围绕“西方经济学研究的回顾与展望”这一主题,热烈地展开了学术争鸣。现择其要简述如下。对西方经济学的基本评价一种观点认为,西方经济学还不是科学。因为证实理论上的任何命题,逻辑检验是必要的,但不是充分的,重要的还必须进行一系列实质上属于经验的检验。与此同时,社会科学理论又需进行实践检验,即说明理论对社会的影响,接受理论指导下的政策,证实预期的结果。显然,西方经济学仍经不起这种检验。现在西方经济思潮尽管乍看起来各自论 Fourth China Association of Foreign Economic Research Conference and Symposium on May 7, 1990 to 11 in Chengdu, Sichuan. The conference heatedly debated the theme of “Review and Prospect of Western Economics Studies”. Now choose to be briefed as follows. A Basic Evaluation of Western Economics One view is that Western economics is not yet science. Since any theoretic proposition is proven, a logical test is necessary, but not sufficient, it is important to go through a series of tests that are substantively empirical. At the same time, the social science theory needs to be tested in practice, that is, to explain the impact of the theory on society and accept the policy under the guidance of theory to confirm the expected result. Obviously, Western economics still can not afford this test. At the moment, the economic trends in the West seem, at first glance, to be separate