8月4日《经济日报》理论周刊上发表了马志刚的“紧紧把握第一消费热点”的经济述评,文章说中央领导同志强调,在目前情况下,扩大消费比增加投资更为重要。近来,汽车在不少地方已成为第一消费热点。作者主张发挥这一消费热点对经济增长的强劲拉动作用,是当前经济工作应该重视的一个大问题。“述评”宣传的这一观点,笔者举双手赞同。 非常遗憾的是,“述评”中几处数据的巨大误差,或者说错误,令人惊讶。这样一份号称“二报一刊”之一的报纸、又是一个很庄重的“理论”性的版面,发生如 On August 4, Economic Weekly published a commentary on the economic issue of “firmly grasping the first consumption hot spot” by Ma Zhigang. The article stated that the central leading comrades emphasized that under the current circumstances, it is more important to expand consumption than to increase investment. Recently, cars have become the number one consumer hot spot in many places. The author argues that giving play to the strong stimulating effect of this consumer hotspot on economic growth is a major issue that economic work should pay attention to at present. “Review” propaganda this view, I give both hands agree. It is very regrettable that the huge errors, or mistakes, of several data in the Commentary are surprising. Such a newspaper, known as one of the second newspapers and one edition of the newspaper, is also a very solemn “theoretical” version of the scene, such as