On a small island in the East China Sea, there lived three people, Zhang San, Li Si and Wang Ermazi. Their life was very difficult at first. They could only eat fish, and every day one of them could only catch fish with his bare hands. They
They catch just enough fish every day, and they have nothing on such a small island.
One night, Zhang San, who was unsatisfied with the status quo, looked up at the stars and began to think about how to have a better life. Then he thought of making a fishing tool, which he called a "fishing net."
So Zhang San started to find materials to make fishing nets. Because not fishing for a day means starving, so Zhang San had to risk starving to death. At first, Li Si and Wang Er Mazi laughed at him, thinking that he must be crazy.
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What Zhang San did was actually to improve productivity, that is, to improve efficiency. At the same time, of course, he took risks. Isn’t the progress of our country made by constantly improving efficiency? Zhang San’s simple move told us a basic
Economic principles that can improve people's living standards: insufficient consumption and the courage to take risks.
The next day, Zhang San used the newly made fishing net to start fishing, and it proved to be effective. The efficiency doubled, and he could catch an average of two fish a day. Zhang San increased his productivity, breaking the originally peaceful island, and he could have more fish.
More time to do other things.
Since Zhang San can catch twice as many fish as Li Si and Wang Er Mazi every day, the gap between the rich and the poor on the island has widened. Li Si and Wang Er Mazi asked Zhang San to share his new fishing net,
Zhang San refused at first because he was worried about what would happen if these two guys damaged my fishing net.
Zhang San allowed them to make their own fishing nets. Li Si and Wang Er Mazi were worried about what they would do if they failed to make their own fishing nets and starved to death instead. This was too risky and they were unwilling to do so. Later, Li Si came up with an idea.
Said to Zhang San: "How much do you do every day?"
Lend us the remaining fish first, and after we make the fishing net, we will return it to you after catching the fish." Zhang San thought that this was better than borrowing the fishing net for nothing, but what if they can't make the fishing net or are lazy?
Do it? The risk was still too great, so Zhang San refused again.
Only then did Li Si and Wang Er Mazi realize that they had not considered Zhang San's personal interests and risks. So after careful consideration, they discussed with Zhang San again: "Let's make an agreement. If you lend us a fish, we will return it to you."
Two pieces, this is a 200% profit, on this small island
"You will never find such a high rate of return again." Zhang San was finally moved, thinking that one fish could become two, and two fish could become four. One day, wouldn't he become a fish boss?
.After careful consideration, Zhang San agreed to lend the fish to Baker and Charlie and charge 200% of the rent.
As a result, Li Si and Wang Er Mazi were hungry the next day and made their own fishing nets. They could catch two fish every day. This was the benefit of increased productivity.
A few weeks later, the three of them caught a large amount of fish with the newly woven fishing nets. The savings on the island increased a lot. Although they occasionally squandered and ate two fish a day, most of the time they couldn't eat it at all.
They had time to start designing a better fishing device. The three of them co-founded a factory to build this huge underwater fishing device that could fish continuously day and night. They did not need to fish themselves, and they could catch 20 people a week.
Multiple fish, this fish trap revolutionized the island's economy.
The behavior of the three of them is saving, which is not only a means to provide personal consumption power, but also to prevent their lives from being affected by unexpected factors, such as typhoons sweeping across the island, waves and fires attacking the island, and other risks.
The three residents can be freed from the days of fishing every day and start doing other more interesting things, such as making more beautiful clothes out of book leaves, starting to learn to make better food, and starting to build small huts.
, a comfortable island was formed, and attracted residents from other islands to live here. The arrival of other residents means more wealth, so savings also create capital, and expanding the scale is the power of capital.
Soon, the legend of the island's luxurious life spread to other islands. People on those islands still fished with their bare hands. In pursuit of a better life, a large number of immigrants followed. The increase in productivity meant that more people could be fed. The new immigrants
Some borrowed fish from the old residents to reclaim land and plant crops. People no longer had to eat fish every day. Others entered other commercial fields. Life on the island began to become richer, including construction, logging, manufacturing, and even some
Man can survive without raw materials.
So far, transactions on the island are still based on barter. For example, the spear maker needs the service of the chef, but the chef does not need the spear. Even if they can each get what they need, the value of a meal cannot be measured.
Is it worth a spear? The transaction process is cumbersome and inefficient. In order to change this bad experience, the island needs new exchange items.
Since everyone on the island eats fish, fish naturally became something everyone recognized. Soon they began to use fish to measure the real price relationship between other items on the island and fish. At this time, fish became currency.
The social division of labor becomes more and more complex, and more and more islanders decide to earn rewards for serving others. The value of labor usually depends on the capital used by workers. The more optimized the capital, the greater the value of labor. In this
In the small island, all residents can judge which capital can maximize the realization of labor value. They have three choices:
1. Save money and make your own fishing nets; 2. Take a loan to buy fishing nets; 3. Work for those who have fishing nets
Since the first option requires starvation and the second option requires taking risks, many people choose the third option to work for others. At this time, hired workers appear.
Liu Lang only wrote about the emergence of hired workers. From his story, we can accurately infer that the emergence of hired workers did not occur because of oppression, but occurred naturally due to the expansion of productivity. This is also what he wants to say, as long as productivity continues to expand.
, hired labor is an inevitable result, and is by no means a means used by capitalism to oppress the common people.
For example, oppression is a piece of cake divided among ten people. Someone wants to share more, and he uses some power in his hands to take other people's cake as his own. This is called oppression, but this person uses his own method to divide the cake.
The cake has expanded ten times. Although there are still people who earn less than him, the income of these people is far higher than the previous income. This is the salary of the hired workers. As long as the cake continues to expand, their cake will increase with it.
At the same time, their lives will get better and better.
Even if this article cannot make those senior executives change their minds, as long as it can provide them with an idea, it is not in vain!
After Liu Lang finished writing, he stretched out and fell on the bed and fell asleep.