經(jīng)濟學(xué)及經(jīng)濟學(xué)家逸聞趣事：性別大戰(zhàn)

17. Battle of the Sexes

Much of this talk about feminism is nonsense, Beatrice Webb was told one day. "Any woman would rather be beautiful than clever." "Quite true," she replied, "but that is because so many men are stupid and so few are blind!"

性別大戰(zhàn)

“談?wù)撆畽?quán)運動的大部分言論都是廢話，”一天有人這樣告訴比阿特麗斯·韋伯，“所有女人都寧要美麗也不要聰明。”“極其正確，”韋伯應(yīng)聲答道，“不過那是因為愚蠢的男人太多，而瞎了眼的男人太少。”

背景知識與點評

·比阿特麗斯·韋伯（1858—1943）是英國社會主義經(jīng)濟學(xué)家，和丈夫一道籌建了費邊社（the Fabian Society）以及赫赫有名的倫敦經(jīng)濟學(xué)院。

·韋伯對經(jīng)濟理論的貢獻是發(fā)展和豐富了合作化運動（the Co-operative Movement）。