經(jīng)濟學笑話：混亂來自何方？

4. Where Did the Chaos Come from?

An economist, a philosopher, a biologist, and an architect were arguing about what was God's

【1】 real profession. The philosopher said, "Well, first and foremost 【2】 , God is a philosopher because he created the principles by which man is to live." "Ridiculous!" said the biologist, "Before that, God created man and woman and all living things, so clearly he was a biologist." "Wrong," said the architect, "Before that, he created the heavens and the earth. Before the earth, there was only complete confusion and chaos! So clearly he was an architect." "Well," said the economist, "where do you think the chaos came from?"

混亂來自何方？

經(jīng)濟學家、哲學家、生物學家和建筑師討論上帝的真正職業(yè)是什么。哲學家說：“首先，上帝是位哲學家，因為他為世人定下了做人的標準。”“多可笑！”生物學家不以為然地說道，“在那之前上帝就創(chuàng)造出了男人、女人和世間眾生，因此很顯然他是位生物學家?！薄板e！”建筑師說道，“在那之前上帝創(chuàng)造出了天和地。而在他造出地球之前，世界完全被混亂和混沌所籠罩，因此他是位建筑師。”“那么，”經(jīng)濟學家不慌不忙地說道，“你們認為這些混亂又是誰制造的呢？”

背景知識與點評

·著名經(jīng)濟學家左大培先生曾經(jīng)寫過一本書，叫做《混亂的經(jīng)濟學》，其書名和內(nèi)容大概可以很好地詮釋本笑話的笑料所在。

·現(xiàn)實世界中也不乏經(jīng)濟學家制造混亂的例子，比如最近的經(jīng)濟危機。本次經(jīng)濟危機顯然是由那些自命不凡的金融專家們（當然也可歸為經(jīng)濟學家一類）制造的產(chǎn)物，他們（據(jù)說其中不乏物理學家和數(shù)學家）利用各種深奧的經(jīng)濟模型（具體來說就是金融領(lǐng)域里的資產(chǎn)定價模型）將各類垃圾債券重新包裝后以高價販售到世界各地，結(jié)果引發(fā)了次級債風波及金融風暴，繼而導致了全面經(jīng)濟危機，所以用笑話來對經(jīng)濟學家進行諷刺是經(jīng)濟學笑話的一大內(nèi)容。

·最新的一則笑話如下：“Knock-knock. Who's there? Economist. Economist who? Economist the financial crisis, but I promise I will do better next time. ”（有人敲門。“是誰？”“經(jīng)濟學家?！薄笆裁礃拥慕?jīng)濟學家？”“金融危機經(jīng)濟學家，不過我發(fā)誓下次我會做得更好一點?！保?

英語知識鏈接

【1】 God指的是上帝，如果首字母小寫且是復數(shù)形式（gods）就指眾神。

【2】 first and foremost：首要地；首先