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【多选题】
上层建筑结构中的核心是___
A. 国家元首
B. 意识形态
C. 国家政权
D. 政党
【多选题】
下列观点中,正确表达了人的本质的是___
A. 人之初,性本善
B. 人天生是政治动物
C. 人是符号动物
D. 人的本质在其现实性上是一切社会关系的总和
【多选题】
使人与自然既区别开来又联系起来的基础是___
A. 地理环境
B. 生产资料
C. 生产劳动
D. 社会意识
【多选题】
上层建筑系统的两大组成部分是___
A. 政治上层建筑和思想上层建筑
B. 政治制度和法律制度
C. 国体和政体
D. 政治法律制度和政治法律思想
【多选题】
国家的起源在于它是___
A. 阶级妥协的结果
B. 人们订立契约的结果
C. 阶级矛盾不可调和的产物
D. 使用暴力的结果
【多选题】
生产关系的根本内容是___
A. 分配关系
B. 生产资料所有制关系
C. 人们在生产中的地位
D. 参加生产劳动与否
【多选题】
“蒸汽、电力和自动纺织机甚至是比巴尔贝斯、拉斯拜尔和布朗诸位公民更危险万分的反革命家。”这一论断的含义是___
A. 科技革命是对统治阶级的极大威胁
B. 科技革命对变革社会制度具有直接的决定作用
C. 滥用科技革命的成果会对人类造成“危险”
D. 科技革命导致社会政治革命
【多选题】
人民群众既是历史的“剧中人”,又是历史的“剧作者”,这是___
A. 唯心主义的观点
B. 折中主义的观点
C. 历史唯物主义的观点
D. 历史循环论的观点
【多选题】
社会改革的根本目的在于___
A. 改变社会主义制度
B. 完善社会主义制度
C. 解放和发展生产力
D. 实现社会公平
【多选题】
人民群众是历史的创造者,因为人民群众的历史作用是___
A. 不受任何历史条件的制约
B. 社会物质财富的创造者
C. 社会精神财富的创造者
D. 受英雄人物的意志所支配
E. 社会变革的决定力量
【多选题】
上层建筑对经济基础的反作用表现在___
A. 帮助自己经济基础的形成
B. 促进自己经济基础的巩固
C. 影响社会经济的发展
D. 排除自己经济基础的对立物
E. 决定自己经济基础的性质和方向
【多选题】
社会意识的相对独立性表现在___
A. 它的发展变化与社会存在的发展变化不完全同步性
B. 它和社会经济水平之间在发展上的不平衡性
C. 它的发展往往具有历史继承性
D. 各社会意识形式之间的相互作用与相互影响
E. 它对社会存在具有能动的反作用
【多选题】
生产方式是社会发展的决定力量,因为___
A. 它是人类社会赖以存在的物质基础
B. 它制约着整个社会生活、政治生活和精神生活过程
C. 它的状况决定社会制度的性质
D. 它的矛盾运动决定着社会形态的更替
E. 它制约着地理环境对社会发展作用和影响的大小
【多选题】
下列社会意识形式属于上层建筑的有___
A. 形式逻辑学
B. 哲学
C. 美学
D. 语言学
E. 法学
【多选题】
共产主义是___
A. 无产阶级的整个思想体系
B. 一种崭新的社会制度
C. 以建立共产主义为目标的实践运动
D. 渺茫的幻想
E. 一种特殊的国家制度
【多选题】
地理环境对社会发展的作用表现在___
A. 提供社会生产和生活资料的物质来源
B. 是社会发展的决定因素
C. 不同地理环境可以加速或延缓社会发展
D. 影响社会生产部门的分布
E. 是社会发展经常的、必要的条件
【多选题】
下列选项中符合马克思主义自由观的有___
A. 自由是对必然的认识和对客观的改造
B. 自由是实践活动中的自由
C. 自由是不受任何限制的自主活动
D. 自由是摆脱必然性的独立活动
E. 自由是有条件的、相对的
【多选题】
科学技术是生产力,这是指___
A. 它是直接的生产力
B. 它是知识形态的生产力
C. 它是潜在的生产力
D. 它渗透到生产力的基本要素中,转化为生产力
E. 它是生产力的独立要素
【多选题】
18世纪,经济上落后的德国在哲学领域方面超过了经济上先进的英国。这表明___
A. 社会意识的发展并不依赖于社会经济
B. 社会意识并不决定于社会存在
C. 社会意识具有相对独立性
D. 社会意识的发展同经济的发展并不是完全对应的
E. 社会意识的发展同经济的发展水平具有不平衡性
【多选题】
科学技术是第一生产力,这是因为___
A. 科学技术是社会发展的根本动力
B. 科学技术渗透到现代生产力系统的各种要素之中
C. 科学技术对物质生产具有主导作用和超前作用
D. 科学技术已经成为推动生产力发展的巨大杠杆
E. 科学技术可以一视同仁地为一切经济基础服务
【多选题】
社会的基本结构有___
A. 自然环境结构
B. 人口结构
C. 物质经济结构
D. 社会政治结构
E. 社会观念结构
【多选题】
国家是___
A. 阶级矛盾不可调和的产物和表现
B. 统治阶级进行阶级压迫的暴力工具
C. 统治阶级的国家
D. 全体国民的国家
E. 统治阶级和被统治阶级共同的国家
【多选题】
下列各项属于意识形态的有___
A. 生物学、物理学、数学
B. 思维科学、逻辑学、语言学
C. 哲学、道德、宗教
D. 艺术、法律、政治思想
E. 小说、诗歌、戏剧
【多选题】
社会发展的一般规律有___
A. 市场经济规律
B. 价值规律
C. 生产关系适合生产力状况的规律
D. 上层建筑适应经济基础变革要求的规律
E. 地理环境决定社会发展的规律
【多选题】
历史杰出人物的产生___
A. 适应历史发展的必然要求
B. 既是必然的又是偶然的
C. 偶然的机遇
D. 与杰出人物自身特点相关
E. 完全由自身能力决定的
【多选题】
历史观中唯意志论的错误在于把人类历史看作是___
A. 由人的意志决定的
B. 历史发展无所谓规律性
C. 人的意志可以任意改变的
D. 客观精神的进程
E. 不由人的意志决定的
【多选题】
在人性问题上,以下观点属于先验论的有___
A. 人生而自由
B. 人性善
C. 人性恶
D. 人的本性是天赋的
E. 人性善恶决定于社会实践
【多选题】
下列各项属于个人价值实现的条件和途径的有___
A. 个人的主观条件
B. 个人所处的环境
C. 社会的需要
D. 个人主观愿望
E. 个人的社会实践
【多选题】
进入自由王国阶段是指人们___
A. 摆脱自然的奴役和社会的压迫
B. 不再受自然和社会规律的支配
C. 获得完全绝对的自由
D. 摆脱了盲目必然性的奴役
E. 成为自己社会关系的主人
【多选题】
下列各项属于人类解放的含义的有___
A. 获得绝对自由
B. 完全摆脱客观必然性的束缚
C. 从自然必然性的奴役下解放出来
D. 从社会必然性的奴役下解放出来
E. 在自然规律和社会规律面前获得自由
【多选题】
下列各项正确说明人的本质的有___
A. 人的本质不是先天的,而是后天社会实践中形成的
B. 人的本质不是不变的,而是变化的
C. 人的本质不是抽象的,而是具体的
D. 人的本质是人的自然属性和社会属性的统一
E. 在社会关系中处于不同地位的人具有不同的本质
【多选题】
生产资料所有制形式是整个生产关系的基础,这是因为___
A. 它决定了整个生产关系的性质
B. 它决定人们在生产中的地位和作用
C. 它决定生产水平的高低
D. 它决定产品的分配方式
E. 它决定科学技术的发展规律
【多选题】
下列各项属于我国现阶段人民群众范畴的有___
A. 工人阶级
B. 广大农民
C. 民营企业的创业人员
D. 中介组织的从业人员
E. 受聘于外资企业的管理技术人员
【多选题】
“历史不过是追求着自己目的的人的活动而已”,这一观点表明___
A. 人们自己创造自己的历史
B. 历史不是神创造的
C. 历史是人民任意创造的
D. 历史是人的思想发展史
E. 历史规律的作用的实现离不开人的自觉活动
【多选题】
在下列社会现象中,属于上层建筑的有___
A. 生产资料所有制
B. 政治法律制度
C. 国家政权
D. 社会意识形态
E. 社会风俗习惯
【多选题】
邓小平指出:“改革是中国的第二次革命”,这一论断的含义是指___
A. 改革与第一次革命具有相同的内容
B. 改革也是解放生产力
C. 改革是对原有经济体制的根本性变革
D. 改革是社会主义发展的动力
E. 改革引起社会生活各方面的深刻变化
【多选题】
是___
A. 否认历史必然性的唯意志论
B. 否认历史偶然性的机械论
C. 唯心主义非决定论在历史观上的表现
D. 夸大个人作用的唯心史论
E. 重视历史必然性的历史决定论
【多选题】
下列选项中正确反映个人的自我价值与社会价值的关系的是___
A. “你若要喜欢你自己的价值,你就得给世界创造价值”
B. “人生的意义在于贡献,而不是索取”
C. “苦了我一人,幸福千万家”
D. “主观为自己,客观为别人”
E. “把困难留给自己,把方便留给别人”
【多选题】
世界观、历史观、人生观的关系是___
A. 世界观包括历史观和人生观
B. 历史观包括世界观和人生观
C. 人生观离不开世界观和历史观
D. 人生观影响世界观和历史观
E. 世界观和历史观决定人生观
【多选题】
在生产、分配、交换、消费的相互关系中,起决定作用的是___
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【单选题】
唯物辩证法的总特征是___
A. 量变和质变的观点
B. 辩证否定的观点
C. 联系和发展的观点
D. 对立统一的观点
【单选题】
___
A. 事物的联系是普遍的、无条件的
B. 事物的联系是现实的、具体的
C. 事物的运动是客观的、绝对的
D. 事物发展的根本原因是事物的内部矛盾
【单选题】
“割下来的手就不再是人手”这句话体现了___
A. 形而上学片面的、孤立的观点
B. 辩证法普遍联系的观点
C. 唯心主义的观点
D. 诡辩论的观点
【单选题】
唯物辩证法认为发展的实质是___
A. 事物数量的增加
B. 事物根本性质的变化
C. 事物的一切运动变化
D. 新事物的产生和旧事物的灭亡
【单选题】
区分新事物和旧事物的标志在于看它们___
A. 是不是在新的历史条件下出现的
B. 是不是符合事物发展规律、有强大生命力
C. 是不是具有新形式和新特点
D. 是不是得到绝大多数人的承认
【单选题】
质量互变规律揭示了___
A. 事物发展的动力和源泉
B. 事物发展的状态和过程
C. 事物发展的方向和道路
D. 事物发展的两种趋势
【单选题】
质和事物的存在是___
A. 相互对立的
B. 相互包含的
C. 直接同一的
D. 相互转化的
【单选题】
在实际工作中,要注意掌握分寸,防止“过”或“不及”,其关键在于___
A. 抓住事物的主要矛盾
B. 确定事物的质
C. 认识事物的量
D. 把握事物的度
【单选题】
区分量变和质变的根本标志是看___
A. 事物的变化是否显著
B. 事物的变化是否迅速
C. 事物的某些属性是否发生了变化
D. 事物的变化是否超出度的范围
【单选题】
量变的复杂性是指___
A. 量变的程度发展不同
B. 量变形式的多样性和总的量变过程中有部分质变
C. 质变中有量的扩张
D. 量变有在度的范围内的变化和突破度的范围的变化
【单选题】
量变中的阶段性部分质变表现了___
A. 事物内部各部分之间变化的不平衡性
B. 事物整体与某些构成部分之间变化的不平衡性
C. 事物与事物之间变化的不平衡性
D. 事物的本质属性与非本质属性之间变化的不平衡性
【单选题】
量变中的局部性部分质变是___
A. 事物的本质属性与非本质属性之间变化不平衡性的表现
B. 事物的各个部分之间变化不平衡性的表现
C. 事物的内部矛盾和外部条件变化不平衡性的表现
D. 事物的量和质变化不平衡性的表现
【单选题】
揭示事物发展的趋势和道路的规律是___
A. 对立统一规律
B. 质量互变规律
C. 否定之否定规律
D. 联系和发展规律
【单选题】
“肯定和否定相互渗透,在一定意义上,肯定就是否定。”这是一种___
A. 相对主义诡辩论的观点
B. 唯物辩证法的观点
C. 主观唯心主义的观点
D. 形而上学的观点
【单选题】
事物的否定方面是指___
A. 事物的积极方面
B. 事物的消极方面
C. 事物中维持其存在的方面
D. 事物中促使其灭亡的方面
【单选题】
作为辩证的否定的“扬弃”是___
A. 既保留又继承
B. 彻底抛弃
C. 既克服又保留
D. 矛盾的调和
【单选题】
辩证的否定是事物发展的环节,因为辩证的否定___
A. 把旧事物完全抛弃
B. 使旧事物发生量变
C. 是新事物产生、旧事物灭亡
D. 是从外部强加给事物的
【单选题】
否定之否定规律___
A. 在事物完成一个发展周期时才能完整地表现出来
B. 在事物发展过程中任何一点上都可以表现出来
C. 在事物经过量变和质变两种状态后表现出来
D. 在事物发展过程中经过肯定和否定两个阶段表现出来
【单选题】
事物发展的周期性体现了___
A. 事物发展的直线性与曲折性的统一
B. 事物发展是一个不断地回到出发点的运动
C. 事物发展的周而复始的循环性
D. 事物发展的前进性和曲折性的统一
【单选题】
直线论的错误在于只看到___
A. 事物发展的周期性而否认了前进性
B. 事物发展的前进性而否认了曲折性
C. 事物发展的间接性而否认了连续性
D. 事物发展的曲折性而否认了周期性
【单选题】
循环论的错误在于___
A. 只看到事物发展的普遍性,没有看到事物发展过程的特殊性
B. 只看到事物的绝对运动,没有看到事物的相对静止
C. 只看到事物发展道路的曲折性,没有看到事物发展趋势的前进性
D. 只看到新旧事物之间的连续性,没有看到新旧事物之间的间断性
【单选题】
对立统一规律揭示了___
A. 事物发展的动力和源泉
B. 事物发展的状态和过程
C. 事物发展的方向和道路
D. 事物发展的两种趋向
【单选题】
唯物辩证法的实质和核心是___
A. 对立统一规律
B. 质量互变规律
C. 否定之否定规律
D. 联系和发展的规律
【单选题】
辩证法所说的矛盾是指___
A. 人们思维中的前后不一的自相矛盾
B. 事物之间或事物内部各要素之间的对立统一
C. 对立面之间的相互排斥
D. 事物之间或事物内部各要素之间的相互依赖
【单选题】
矛盾的基本属性是___
A. 普遍性和特殊性
B. 绝对性和相对性
C. 变动性和稳定性
D. 斗争性和同一性
【单选题】
依据是___
A. 矛盾的同一性和斗争性辩证关系的原理
B. 矛盾的普遍性和特殊性辩证关系的原理
C. 事物发展的量变和质变辩证关系的原理
D. 事物发展的内因和外因辩证关系的原理
【单选题】
矛盾问题的精髓是___
A. 矛盾的普遍性和特殊性关系的问题
B. 矛盾的同一性和斗争性关系的问题
C. 主要矛盾和次要矛盾关系的问题
D. 矛盾的主要方面和次要方面关系的问题
【单选题】
题的方法都是___
A. 重点论
B. 均衡论
C. 一点论
D. 两点论
【单选题】
“任何个别(无论怎样)都是一般”。这句话的正确含义是___
A. 特殊性就是普遍性
B. 特殊性存在于普遍性之中
C. 普遍性是特殊性的总和
D. 特殊性中包含普遍性
【单选题】
在唯物辩证法看来,水果同苹果、梨、香蕉、桔子等的关系是___
A. 共性和个性的关系
B. 整体和部分的关系
C. 本质和现象的关系
D. 内容和形式的关系
【单选题】
“是就是是,不是就是不是,除此之外都是鬼话。”这是一种___
A. 形而上学的观点
B. 相对主义的观点
C. 唯心主义的观点
D. 辩证法的观点
【单选题】
真象和假象的区别在于___
A. 真象是客观的,假象是主观的
B. 真象表现本质,假象不表现本质
C. 真象深藏于事物内部,假象外露于事物外部
D. 真象从正面直接地表现本质,假象从反面歪曲地表现本质
【单选题】
有的哲学家说,在大风扬起的尘土中,每一粒尘土的运动状况都是纯粹必然的。这是种___
A. 辩证唯物主义决定论的观点
B. 形而上学的机械决定论的观点
C. 唯心主义非决定论的观点
D. 庸俗唯物主义的观点
【单选题】
“或然率”是指___
A. 可能性在质上的一种科学说明和测定
B. 可能性在量上的一种科学说明和测定
C. 必然性的一种科学说明和判定
D. 偶然性的一种科学说明和测定
【单选题】
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators seized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average household income rose by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a useful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is based on surveys rather than data. Even if precisely measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Because of these differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
What does the author think of the 2015 report by the Census Bureau?___
A. It is based on questionable statistics.
B. It reflects the economic changes.
C. It evidences the improved welfare.
D. It provides much food for thought.
【单选题】
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators seized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average household income rose by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a useful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is based on surveys rather than data. Even if precisely measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Because of these differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
What does the author say about the Jones-Klenow method?___
A. It is widely used to compare the economic growth across countries.
B. It revolutionizes the way of measuring ordinary people’s livelihood.
C. It focuses on people’s consumption rather that their average income.
D. It is a more comprehensive measure of people’s economic well-being.
【单选题】
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators seized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average household income rose by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a useful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is based on surveys rather than data. Even if precisely measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Because of these differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
What do Jones and Klenow think of the comparison between France and the U.S. in terms of real consumption per person?___
A. It reflected the existing big gap between the two economies.
B. It neglected many important indicators of people’s welfare.
C. It covered up the differences between individual citizens.
D. It failed to count in their difference in natural resources.
【单选题】
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators seized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average household income rose by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a useful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is based on surveys rather than data. Even if precisely measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Because of these differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
What is an advantage of the Jones-Klenow method?___
A. It can accurately pinpoint a country’s current economic problems.
B. It can help to raise people’s awareness of their economic well-being.
C. It can diagnose the causes of a country’s slowing pace of economic improvement.
D. It can compare a country’s economic conditions between different periods of time.
【单选题】
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators seized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average household income rose by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a useful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is based on surveys rather than data. Even if precisely measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which proposes an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be used to assess economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppose we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Because of these differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be used to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also assess an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
What can we infer from the passage about American people’s economic well-being?___
A. It is much better than that of their European counterparts.
B. It has been on the decline ever since the turn of the century.
C. It has not improved as much as reported by the Census Bureau.
D. It has not been accurately assessed and reported since mid-2000s.
【单选题】
大学生的成才目标是___。
A. 培养德智体美全面发展的人才
B. 培养德智体美全面发展的社会主义建设者
C. 培养德智体美全面发展的社会主义建设者和接班人
D. 培养专业化、创新化的人才