竞争与效率的关系是经济学的基本理论问题,但在“过度竞争”经济现象面前时,人们对这种关系产生怀疑和争议。该文通过对经济学发展过程的考察,澄清了人们对竞争和效率等概念的误解,进一步明确了竞争促进效率的关系,并对我国“过度竞争”的原因进行了探讨。——编者 The relationship between competition and efficiency is the basic theoretical issue of economics. However, people are suspicious and controversial about this relationship in the face of economic over-competition. Through the investigation of the development of economics, this paper clarifies the misunderstanding of concepts such as competition and efficiency, further clarifies the relationship between the efficiency of competition and the causes of “excessive competition” in our country. --editor