通货膨胀在道德上是错误的吗?
经济学人: where other historians saw a mob of hungry peasants, E.P. Thompson saw resistance to capitalism. Studying England’s 18th-century food riots, the Marxist historian coined the term “moral economy”. The rioters, he argued, were not motivated purely by empty bellies, but by a belief that the bakers, farmers and millers had violated paternalist customs, which suggested they should limit their profit, sell locally and not hold back grain. Gradually, Thompson argued, the moral economy was being displaced by a market economy, in which prices follow the amoral logic of supply and demand, rather than ideas of what would be a “fair price” in times of scarcity. 其他历史学家看到的是一群饥饿的农民,而 E.P.汤普森看到了对资本主义的抵制。这位马克思主义历史学家在研究英国 18 世纪的粮食骚乱时,创造了“道德经济”一词。他认为,骚乱者的动机并不纯粹是空腹,而是认为面包师、农民和磨坊主违反了家长式的习俗,这表明他们应该限制利润,在当地销售,而不是扣留粮食。汤普森认为,道德经济逐渐被市场经济所取代,在市场经济中,价格遵循非道德的供求逻辑,而不是稀缺时期的“公平价格”理念。 Americans may not be rioting over bread prices, but they are angry. President Joe Biden now faces a tight race for re-election. S