Can We Use Math to Design a Brighter Future?

Eric Maskin
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Did you know that math can be used to help improve society? Well, believe it or not, it does so on a daily basis. Math not only helps us develop new technologies and engineering techniques, but also enables us to design modifications of our society that achieve desirable social goals—goals like reducing pollution and allocating resources to the people who value them the most. In this article, I will tell you about a branch of economics called mechanism design which helps economists do exactly that. Using mechanism design, we can reach important social goals that could not be attained without the modifications it points to. Keep reading to join me on a journey describing an economic theory that can help design a brighter future for us all.
我们能用数学设计更美好的未来吗?
你知道数学可以用来帮助改善社会吗?不管你信不信,数学每天都在帮助社会进步。数学不仅能帮助我们开发新技术和工程技术,还能让我们设计社会改造方案,实现理想的社会目标--比如减少污染和将资源分配给最需要的人。在本文中,我将向您介绍经济学的一个分支--机制设计,它可以帮助经济学家实现这些目标。利用机制设计,我们可以实现一些重要的社会目标,而如果不对这些目标进行修改,是无法实现这些目标的。请继续阅读,与我一起踏上描述经济学理论的旅程,它可以帮助我们设计一个更加光明的未来。
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