Recently, a news item about "a private entrepreneur in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province was detained for collecting debts" made headlines, causing consternation. Different from the previous migrant workers' wage bargaining, the amount of debt collected by entrepreneurs is generally very huge, and some involve hundreds of millions of yuan in arrears, and netizens have discussed and expressed various opinions. But most of them miss the essence of the problem. That is, although we have practiced a market economy for more than 40 years, in some localities, especially in economically underdeveloped areas, the "power economy" still dominates the direction of the operation of the market economy, seriously undermining the law governing the development of the market economy.
What is a "power economy"? It is an economic form that takes administrative power as a "resource", administrative examination and approval as a means, power "rent-seeking" as a characteristic, and seeks non-market interests for the purpose.
In developed countries and regions with a high degree of marketization and legalization, the market economy is dominated by the credit economy and the contract economy. The two sides of commodity trading uphold the principles of voluntariness, fairness, equality, honesty and credibility, and carry out transactions in strict accordance with this principle, and market transactions are relatively standardized. But in some backward places, some ** believe that "this mountain is my open, this tree is planted by me, to pass by, leave the money to buy the road" of the wrong concept, from the project bidding, start-up, mid-term supervision, to the completion of acceptance, project audit, fund allocation, the entire project implementation of all stages, there is a large degree of greasy, not to mention the arrears of the project. In the whole process of project implementation, project quality, social benefits, economic benefits and project performance are not the focus of their consideration, project rebates and cost minimization, is the main purpose of the operation of the "power economy", which is not difficult to understand why there are always arrears of migrant workers' wages, project payments, 7 million sculptures and other such events in some places.
The "power economy" is very harmful, such as restricting the high-quality development of the market economy, breeding corruption and power-for-money transactions, sabotaging and interfering with the business environment, restricting the development and growth of entrepreneurs, and affecting the competitiveness of enterprises in the international community.
How to crack the negative impact of the "power economy" on the market, so as to avoid the occurrence of project arrears, sculptures and other incidents? There are four main aspects.
First of all, it is necessary to continuously weaken the influence of administrative power on the market economy. By streamlining administration and delegating power, reducing administrative examination and approval, narrowing administrative licensing, reducing the wrong interference of the power economy on the market, strengthening the supervision of market entities in serving the masses and contributing to the society, reducing the excessive command and participation of the first department in the professional industry, transforming the best functions, making the management enterprise into a service enterprise, and constantly building and improving the modern market supervision system.
Second, it is necessary to intensify restraint and supervision over administrative power. Power without supervision and restraint is terrifying, like a tiger, devouring the blood and bones of the market economy, squeezing out the property and lives of the masses at the bottom, and is a typical vampire. By promulgating the operating systems and rules of market entities, and establishing a list of powers and responsibilities of the administrative department, the society can actively supervise the operation of power, and cannot be suppressed for any reason, including self-determination. Only by preventing the abuse of power, supervising and restraining each other's powers, stopping the excessive and excessive power of departments, and allowing power to operate under the sun, can we avoid the excessive flooding of the "power economy."
Third, it is necessary to cultivate and establish a modern market credit system and contract spirit. The participants of the market economy are equal, and under the same conditions, there is no individual particularity, and the development of the economy to engage in market activities relies on ability and ability, and it is legal and reasonable to get rich, and it is not possible to engage in nepotism and unspoken rules, still less to erode the assets and wealth of the state and the collective by circumventing the law, otherwise the achievements of the market economy for several decades will be wasted. In order to establish the integrity system of the feudal society, the ancient Qin State implemented the "Standing Wood for Faith" and reformed the national system, so that the Qin State continued to grow and finally unified the Central Plains. History has proved that a market economy without the spirit of integrity and contract, relying on power to command and operate, is a crony economy and a relationship economy, and will eventually become the laughing stock of modern commercial society.
Fourth, it is necessary to give full play to the basic role of the market in the allocation of resources in economic activities. Let the private enterprises and self-employed people in the market give full play to their subjective initiative, actively participate in the growth process of the modern market economy, and obtain corresponding benefits at the same time, so as to promote the development of society. It is necessary to draw lessons from the history and lessons of some Western countries in the course of economic development, and prevent large monopoly enterprises from becoming dominant, monopolizing social and economic resources, and preying on the common people.
The less the administrative power intervenes in the economy, the greater the vitality of the market economy, and the faster the economic development, the more benefits the people will receive, and the country's comprehensive national strength will become stronger and stronger. On the contrary, the more power intervenes in the economy, it will become a planned economy, a power economy, and the business environment will gradually deteriorate, and eventually capital will flee, society will lose its economic vitality, and it will be the common people who will ultimately suffer.