投资 · 西方古典

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 309

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

Another variety of spoliation by craft and artifice is to be found in what are called _commercial frauds_, an expression, as it appears to me, not sufficiently broad; for not only is the merchant who adulterates his commodities, or uses a false measure, guilty of fraud, but the physician who gets paid for bad advice, and the advocate who fans and encourages lawsuits. In an exchange between two services, one of them may be of bad quality; but here, the services received being stipulated for beforehand, spoliation must evidently recede before the advance of public enlightenment.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 309 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴斯夏说,靠手腕和诡计进行的掠夺还有一种,就是所谓“商业欺诈”,但这说法太窄:不只商人掺假、用假秤是欺诈,医生收钱给坏建议、律师煽动挑唆官司也是。在两种服务的交换中,一方可能质量低劣;但既然服务是事先约定的,随着公众启蒙进步,这种掠夺自然会退却。核心意思是:欺诈不限于市场买卖,一切利用信息优势、专业壁垒占便宜的职业行为都算。减少它的办法不是只靠严刑,而是提高公众的判断力和信息透明。可行动:对专业建议多问依据,支持信息公开和职业问责。

上下文

巴斯夏《经济诡辩》中论“商业欺诈”的段落,19世纪法国,他把欺诈从商业扩展到医生、律师等专业服务。

今日一问

你最近接受的专业建议,有没有因为信息不对称而让你多花了冤枉钱?

公版作品;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权

← 返回原文库