亚当·斯密的《国富论》是一部博大精深的著作,两个多世纪以来其影响历久不衰,当代西方经济学中的一些重大命题的提出仍可以从斯密的这部著作中找到线索。例如,1991年科斯在接受诺贝尔经济学奖的讲演中提到,斯密在解释货币起源时就涉及到交易费用思想,或者说他是从交易费用的角度来分析货币起源的。而交易费用是现代产权经济学的基本概念之一。但是,在我们现有的教科书和经济学说史著作中,总是以价值论为轴心来评价斯密的学术贡献——我们对西方经济学家的评判也总是有意无意依据其价值论思想,而没有全面发掘他丰富的经济思想内涵。事实上,《国富论)的主题并不 Adam Smith’s Theory of the Wealth of Nations is a profound and profound book whose influence has lasted for more than two centuries. Some major propositions in contemporary western economics can still be found in this book by Smith . For example, in his speech to accept the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991, Coase mentioned that Smith explained the idea of ​​transaction costs when explaining the origins of money, or that he analyzed the origins of money from the perspective of transaction costs. The transaction cost is one of the basic concepts of modern property economics. However, in our existing textbooks on history and economics, Smith’s academic contributions are always evaluated on the basis of axiology - our assessment of Western economists is always based on their axiology , Without fully exploring his rich connotation of economic thought. In fact, the theme of “Wealth of Nations” is not the subject