"That's just as well. ”

Tang Zifeng changed his tune quite quickly, he said: "We attack Gao Jinsheng this time, and we also have to carry the banner of a country's righteousness, otherwise I am afraid that the local government will protect him." ”

"You don't just want to use public opinion to hit him, right?" Liang Zile asked.

"Of course not. Tang Zifeng said, "For people like Gao Jinsheng, the pressure of public opinion is of no use to him." He believes in free-market principles, saying that as long as he doesn't break the law, the state can't do anything to him. Think about it, he is not afraid of the state apparatus, what impact can some public opinion have on him?"

Liang Zile muttered: "However, the principle of free market is not wrong." If it is in the United States, as long as the operation of a company is not illegal, the state will not intervene. ”

"Let the professor explain this to you. Tang Zifeng pointed at Wang Zijie with his hand and said.

Wang Zijie said: "What Xiao Liang said is consistent with the mainstream view of the domestic academic community. Most scholars agree that the state should not interfere with legitimate market competition unless a company violates the law. For example, if you can prove that Xia Yi Machine Tool Company's price reduction behavior is suspected of dumping, then the government can crack down. If there is no evidence, or even no obvious evidence, then there should be no doubt about the guilt and no brutal interference. ”

Liang Zile said: "Yes, yes, this is also the view of the international mainstream economic community. The mainstream theory is now calling for a return to the Smithian tradition, that is, the government should only act as a night watchman, and the business should be regulated by the market. ”

The so-called Smithian tradition is the view of Adam Smith, the founder of Western economics. According to Smith, there is an "invisible hand" in the market, capable of regulating production spontaneously, and does not require much government trouble.

For more than 100 years after Smith, Western countries have pursued a policy of non-intervention in the market, but the market has not been able to "clear automatically" as Smith predicted, but every ten years there is an economic crisis caused by a serious disconnect between supply and demand, and the market is forcibly cleared.

By the end of the 20s of the last century, the Western world had erupted in the 29-33 crisis of unprecedented proportions, which severely devastated the entire capitalist world. In the aftermath of the crisis, the Keynesian school of government intervention in the market gained the upper hand, and Smithian dogma was abandoned. Western countries have generally pursued deficit fiscal policies, and the government has stepped in to stimulate effective market demand in order to maintain market prosperity.

The Keynesian school flourished for about half a century. By the 70s of the last century, the Western world had a chronic stagflation that was neither boom nor bust. After research, economists believe that this is a problem brought about by Keynesian economics, and the economy relies too much on deficit budgets to survive, which is equivalent to a patient taking tonic medicine for a long time to maintain his life, and the final result can only be to make up for a weak fat man.

Economists learned the hard way and decided to abandon Keynes and re-worship their ancestor Smith, giving rise to neoliberal economics. In the past decade or so, neoliberal economics has been at its most violent, and China's domestic economic circles are naturally not exempt from vulgarity. When you are doing academic exchanges, you can't just say a few Smith quotes and be embarrassed to claim to be engaged in economics.

Liang Zile's bachelor's and master's degrees were both studied in the United States, and when it comes to this set of theories, it is naturally even more straightforward.

Wang Zijie said: "Xiao Liang is right, the concept of a night watchman government is now a consensus in the international academic community, and it is also highly respected in the domestic academic circle. Seriously, if I hadn't been coerced by Tang Zifeng, I would have wanted to join the door of neoliberalism, and it would have been much easier to apply for projects, awards, etc. ”

He said so, but he didn't think so in his heart. The direction of his scholarship was largely influenced by Tang Zifeng, which made his academic views very different from the liberal views that currently dominate the mainstream. And it is precisely because of his uniqueness that many of his views are in line with the government's management practices that he is widely welcomed in various government departments.

Those liberal scholars seem to be very glamorous, but when government officials talk about them, they are very disdainful, thinking that they are not grounded, and the policy proposals they put forward are not feasible in reality.

Wang Zijie can be recognized by government officials, and there are actually more opportunities to apply for projects and awards. After graduating, he led a graduate student who wanted to work in a government agency, which was easier than that of students from other mentors.

Some scholars ostensibly ridicule Wang Zijie for following the policy and being a "royal" scholar, but in fact they are also full of envy and jealousy for him, and secretly plan to learn from him, which is off-topic.

"Senior Brother Tang came out of the Ministry of Machinery, and now he is the CEO of a large enterprise, of course, he supports state intervention. It's called the hip commanding brain, and we're not surprised. Bao Nana teased.

Tang Zifeng shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I am the real brain commanding the hips." How many of those who believe in neoliberalism have really studied economics? Xiaoliang, can you explain to me, on which liberal law was the Cox report written? How can the Wassenaar Agreement be interpreted by neoliberalism?

Hearing these two examples cited by Tang Zifeng, Liang Zile could only shrug his shoulders and couldn't speak.

The so-called Wassenaar Agreement, whose full name is the Wassenaar Agreement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, is a technology embargo initiative led by the United States in 1996. The agreement, which is nominally intended to restrict the export of arms and arms-related technology and equipment to a number of sensitive countries, is in fact used as a pretext to restrict the flow of technology in order to maintain the technological superiority of the States parties.

According to the Wassenaar Agreement, Western countries can justifiably impose a technological blockade on other countries without violating the principle of "trade liberalization". In today's world situation, this "other country" mainly refers to China.

Liang Zile has had a lot of exchanges with Tang Zifeng over the years, and his ideas have also been somewhat affected. Although some people can find various reasons to justify the Wassenaar Agreement, it only takes a little brains to know that this explanation is nothing more than strong rhetoric, and in the final analysis, this is a conflict of interests between countries.

In the domestic academic circle, there are many people who think that the Wassenaar Agreement is reasonable, and it can even be said that it occupies the mainstream. The only reason these people support the Wassenaar Agreement is that it was created by Western countries.

Can there be anything wrong with what Western countries are doing?

In contrast, Wang Zijie is indeed a clear stream.

"Not to mention what happened to China. Even within Western countries, where has true liberalism ever been practiced? Isn't the struggle between Boeing and Airbus behind the efforts of the United States and the European Union? What kind of free trade is this when the two sides engage in subsidies on both sides?" Tang Zifeng continued.

"Absolute freedom cannot exist. Liang Zile spoke stupidly, "In fact, even within the United States, the development of various industries is not purely about free competition. For example, agriculture, energy, and the military industry are all big lobbyists in Congress, and they spend money to buy lawmakers to pass bills that are beneficial to them, which is also a manifestation of government intervention in the economy. Many scholars in the United States have also pointed out this point. ”

"Dei head!" Tang Zifeng came to a Sichuan dialect, and then said: "Mankind has not yet achieved world harmony, and it is naïve to talk about liberalism at this time. As far as China is concerned, if it wants to rise peacefully, it must control the industries that are related to the country's economic lifeline in its own hands, and this is beyond doubt. Gao Jinsheng's problem is that he has challenged the country's bottom line, and what market principles can he talk about with such people. ”

"I see. Liang Zile nodded. In fact, he didn't understand these truths, and he was just discussing with Tang Zifeng just now. Tang Zifeng was talking about Gao Jinsheng, but Liang Zile learned more from it. He now has an investment consulting company in Beijing, and how to grasp the policy context is also very important.

"So, what are we supposed to do?"

After listening to Tang Zifeng and Liang Zile's discussion, Bao Nana talked about practical problems.

In the past few years, she has also developed the habit of only Tang Zifeng looking ahead, knowing that Tang Zifeng sees the right things, even if it is contrary to the current general social ideology, it is definitely correct. Specific to this Gao Jinsheng, Bao Nana has nothing to do with him, Tang Zifeng wants to clean him up, Bao Nana is responsible for preparing ropes, candles, and leather whips, there is no need to take care of other things.

"You two have to cooperate with each other. Tang Zifeng pointed at Wang Zijie and said to Bao Nana: "Professor Wang is responsible for writing theoretical articles to discuss the significance of the equipment industry to the country and the value of the national game of chess today. As for your side, you must be responsible for keeping up with the media articles, exposing the bad impact of Gao Jinsheng's behavior on the machine tool industry, quoting Professor Wang's views in key places, going online, and comparing Gao Jinsheng with Qin Hui and Wang Jingwei. ”

"Understood. Bao Nana nodded. In the past few years, Deep Blue Focus has been very skilled in doing this kind of public relations hype, pulling a scholar to be the banner, and planting some things that are not suitable for public relations companies to be said on the heads of scholars, which makes people feel particularly credible.

Also, Xu Lao instructed that this publicity must not be limited to cracking down on Jinsheng Group, but to explain the significance of this matter, so that other companies should take warning. We can't be passive every time, and tossing like this is also a loss to our own strength. Tang Zifeng said again.

Bao Nana asked: "Senior brother, I want to know, after the propaganda on our side is launched, how do you plan to do with Jinsheng Group?"

"I can't disclose this yet. However, there is one thing you can rest assured, that is, after this round of blows, Jinsheng Group will definitely be finished. Tang Zifeng said confidently.

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