对于市场经济可以带来较高效率,这一点人们已有共识,但对市场经济条件下,怎样保证社会公平,怎样解决就业问题,不少人尚心怀疑虑。因此记者日前专就这两个问题访问了著名经济学家厉以宁教授。 记者:市场经济存在激烈竞争,竞争的结果,必然形成差别。有人担心差别达到一定程度,会形成两极分化,难以保证社会公平。你怎样看待这个问题? 厉以宁:我们先要确定什么是公平。应该说共同富裕的实现才是最大的公平。实现共同富裕的条件是生产力的高度发达、机会的均等、生产要素的充分流动等, People have reached a consensus on the point that market economy can bring about higher efficiency. However, under the conditions of a market economy, many people still have misgivings about how to ensure social fairness and how to solve the employment problem. Therefore, the reporter recently specially interviewed the famous economist Professor Li Yining on these two issues. Reporter: There is a fierce market economy competition, the result of competition, inevitably make a difference. Some people worry that if the difference reaches a certain level, there will be a polarization and difficulty in ensuring social fairness. How do you think of this problem? Li Yining: We must first determine what is fair. It should be said that the realization of common prosperity is the greatest fairness. The conditions for realizing common prosperity are the highly developed productive forces, the equal opportunities and the full flow of production factors.