所得、快乐与赋税:基于黄有光快乐经济学的审视

根据黄有光的快乐经济学,人们追求的最终目的是提高福利,因而经济学探讨的中心问题是福利或快乐.由于快乐是一种主观感受,因而GDP并不是衡量福利的一个有效指标.在现代社会中,生活品质不仅与私人品的消费有关,更与公共品的质量和数量有关.因此,在未来社会中,公共开支确实会且应该不断增长.为了应对不断增加的公共支出,政府就需要提高累进税,尤其是提高钻石商品的税收.

Income,Happiness and Taxation:Thoughts Based on Ng Yew-Kwang's Happiness Economics

According to Ng Yew-Kwang's happiness economics,the center issue of economics is welfare or happiness since the ultimate goal that people pursue is to improve their well-being.Furthermore,happiness is a subject we feel,so GDP is not a valid index to weigh welfare.As a matter of fact,life quality correlates not only to consumption of private goods but also to the quantity and quality of public goods in modern society.Therefore,public expenditure is always and should be increased.In order to deal with the inc...