主题:exports are costs -- meokey
今天在一篇文章上看到一个观点“exports are costs”,还说这是国贸的关键理论。看了看没能理解,这是不是说我们应该多进口少出口?不知道哪位能够帮忙解惑?谢谢
Although this idea is familiar to economists, some readers may find it surprising. So here’s a simple parable to explain why it’s true.
Suppose that we live in a country where everyone eats only doughnuts. We’re self-sufficient except for one thing: we need to import bananas to make banana cream doughnuts. Happily, foreign producers are willing to exchange truckloads of our trees for truckloads of their bananas. So some workers spend their time cutting down trees to send abroad, and the rest of us work on making doughnuts.
Now let’s suppose that foreigners are no longer satisfiedwith trees: they will now only exchange bananas for furniture. Some workers must therefore stop making doughnuts and start transforming trees into furniture for export. Even though the national accounts would record an increase in the value-added of exports, this development is bad news. The reallocation of workers away from doughnut production means that we make and consume fewer doughnuts.
What happens if foreigners go back to accepting trees for bananas? The workers who had been making furniture for export can go back to making doughnuts. Although the national accounts would show a reduction in export volumes, we are clearly better off: doughnut consumption will have increased.
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🙂exports are costs
🙂看弗里德曼的资本主义与自由 forger 字20 2010-03-19 20:38:39
🙂这是国家发展到美国那种发达国家后 1 大Q 字440 2010-03-19 14:31:04
🙂这事什么人写的啊 weizhi 字72 2010-02-28 17:50:06
🙂不是学术文章 meokey 字167 2010-02-28 17:52:46
🙂这家伙是胡说八道吧? 6 发了胖的罗密欧 字616 2010-02-28 16:23:48