Yet, while society might conceivably get along without economists, it would be difficult to imagine a world in which economics did not play a role, even the mythical world of Robinson Crusoe.

• 然而，如果没有经济学家，这个社会可能会发展得更好，不过很难想象一个没有经济学的世界，甚至包括虚构的鲁宾逊世界。