虽然西方经济学也有其缺陷，但是比中国以前的政治经济学实在好太多了。西方经济学毕竟可以锻炼思维。锻炼记忆力算政治经济学的好处吗？初中学一遍、高中学一遍、大学学一遍、研究生学一遍，可怜的学生。

很早就有人分析过计量经济学的弊端，回归得出的模型其中的系数只是反映过去，但不适合于预测未来，因为现实经济生活中，会存在冲击，怎么能用过去的系数来决定未来呢？

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所以很适合用来研究历史，特别是经济史。

那应该推动历史学的课程改革，学历史的也要学微积分、线性代数、概率论、计量经济学：）

 

那不是要崩溃了，想想现在如果文理不分科，肯定有一大批人崩溃了，有人数学怎么学也学不好的（像偶），同样有人语文也不行。

不可一刀切，但研究经济史的肯定要如此。

哈佛本科核心课程中有一门叫“数理逻辑推论”，即使是艺术专业也得学，同样，艺术、历史、古典文献、写作、演讲，即使是数学、物理专业的也得学。

是学一年呢,还是全程学下来?

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