我们的生活方式包括一定程度上我们的文化观念及消费方式,实际上和我们的经济发展的一定阶段是密切相关的。美国人喜欢消费不存钱,中国人喜欢存钱少消费,到底是美国人天生愿意消费,还是中国人天生愿意存钱。有一个观点,这和工业化的某一个阶段有关。在工业化的某一阶段上,制约经济发展的主要是资本不足。在资本不足的情况底下,一个社会确实需要一种节俭的品德和文化。我们根据德国学者马克斯·韦伯的看法,西方欧洲资本主义 Our way of life, including, to some extent, our cultural values ​​and patterns of consumption are, in fact, closely related to a certain stage of our economic development. Americans like to spend without saving money. Chinese people like to save less and consume less. In the end, Americans are born willing to spend, or are Chinese willing to save money. There is a point of view, which is related to a certain stage of industrialization. In a certain stage of industrialization, the main constraint to economic development is the lack of capital. Under the conditions of capital shortage, a society really needs a thrifty character and culture. According to the German scholar Max Weber, we believe Western European capitalism