經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)及經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家逸聞趣事：幸?；橐龅拿卦E

33. Secret to a Happy Marriage

Sidney Webb and his wife Beatrice were once asked to account for【1】 the rarity of their disagreements. Early in their marriage, Beatrice replied, they had agreed always to vote alike on 【2】 great issues. "Sidney was to decide which way we voted," she explained, "and I was to decide which were the great issues."

幸?；橐龅拿卦E

有人曾經(jīng)詢(xún)問(wèn)西德尼·韋伯和他的妻子比阿特麗斯，為什么兩人很少吵架。比阿特麗斯回答說(shuō)，在結(jié)婚初期，兩人就同意在重大問(wèn)題上投票表決。“西德尼決定我們投票的方式，”她解釋道，“而我決定什么是重大問(wèn)題。”

背景知識(shí)與點(diǎn)評(píng)

·西德尼·韋伯（1859—1947）是英國(guó)著名社會(huì)活動(dòng)家，費(fèi)邊社會(huì)主義理論家和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，改良主義者。1892年與志同道合的比阿特麗斯結(jié)婚，1895年兩人共同創(chuàng)立倫敦經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院。從此，韋伯夫婦一起參與社會(huì)政治活動(dòng)，合作著書(shū)立說(shuō)。

·什么叫做公平？公平就是我切蛋糕，你分蛋糕。韋伯夫婦的做法就比較公平，所以夫妻關(guān)系琴瑟和諧。

英語(yǔ)知識(shí)鏈接

【1】 account for：說(shuō)明（解釋?zhuān)?hellip;的原因

【2】 vote on：對(duì)…進(jìn)行表決