年轻的经济学家 经济学界有许多则自嘲的笑话,其中一则是这样的: 两个旅行者乘热气球不慎落在了洛矶山脉的一个悬崖边上,悬崖下一个牧羊人经过。两个倒霉蛋赶紧向牧羊人发问:“我们落在什么地方了?我们怎样才能下去?”牧羊人回答:“你们落在了洛矶山脉。如果你们有降落伞的话,你们就能安全下来。”一个旅行者肯定地说,这个牧羊人一定是位经济学家。因为,他的回答第一很准确,第二很严谨,第三全无用处。 There are many jokes in the economist community that are self-deprecating. One of them is this: two travelers accidentally fall on a cliff in the Rocky Mountains by a hot air balloon, and a shepherd passes by the cliff. Two unlucky eggs quickly asked the shepherd: “Where have we been, and how can we go on?” The shepherd replies, “You’re in the Rocky Mountains and you can be safe if you have parachutes.” A traveler must say with certainty that this shepherd must be an economist. Because, the answer to his first very accurate, the second is very strict, the third useless.