何谓“权力寻租”?作为市场经济的基本规律,价值规律要求商品交换以价值量为基础,实行等价交换。而商品经济是直接以交换为目的的经济形式,通过交换和流通,实现资本增值,追求高额利润。“权力寻租”则是把权力商品化,或日以权力为资本,去参与商品交换和市场竞争,谋取金钱和物质利益。即通常所说的权物交易、权钱交易、权权交易、权色交易等等。像物质形态的土地、产业、资本那样,在这里,权力也被物化了,转化为商品货币,进入消费和财富增长环节。权力寻租所带来的利益,成为权力腐败的原动力。“权力寻租”是政府各级官员或企业高层领导人利用手中的权力,避开各种 What is “power rent-seeking”? As the basic law of the market economy, the law of value requires commodity exchange based on the value of the amount, the implementation of the equivalent exchange. The commodity economy is an economic form directly aimed at exchange. Through exchange and circulation, capital appreciation and the pursuit of high profits are achieved. “Power rent-seeking ” is the commercialization of power, or power to capital, to participate in commodity exchange and market competition, for monetary and material benefits. That is commonly referred to the transaction of the right, the power of money transactions, the right to trade, the right to trade, and so on. Like material forms of land, industry and capital, power is also materialized here, transformed into commodity currencies, and moved into consumption and wealth growth. The power of rent-seeking power has become the driving force of corruption of power. “Power rent-seeking ” is the government officials at all levels or senior executives to use their power to avoid all kinds