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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 112
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
In a general and uncertain way this holds true, but the test is not so readily applied nor so conclusive as might be wished. There are several assignable reasons for its partial failure. All classes are in a measure engaged in the pecuniary struggle, and in all classes the possession of the pecuniary traits counts towards the success and survival of the individual. Wherever the pecuniary culture prevails, the selective process by which men's habits of thought are shaped, and by which the survival of rival lines of descent is decided, proceeds proximately on the basis of fitness for acquisition. Consequently, if it were not for the fact that pecuniary efficiency is on the whole incompatible with industrial efficiency, the selective action of all occupations would tend to the unmitigated dominance of the pecuniary temperament. The result would be the installation of what has been known as the "economic man," as the normal and definitive type of human nature. But the "economic man," whose only interest is the self-regarding one and whose only human trait is prudence is useless for the purposes of modern industry.
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白话
大体上这成立,但检验并不容易,也不够 conclusive。有几个原因:所有阶级都参与金钱竞争,拥有金钱特质有助于个人成功和生存。在金钱文化盛行的地方,选择过程基于获取能力。如果不是金钱效率与工业效率整体不相容,所有职业的选择都会导致金钱气质的绝对主导,结果就是“经济人”成为人性常态。但经济人只关心自己、只懂谨慎,对现代工业毫无用处。
上下文
凡勃伦检验阶级气质差异理论,指出金钱竞争普遍存在,但经济人不符合工业需要。
今日一问
你所在的环境,是在奖励只懂算计的“经济人”,还是能做事的人?
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