福利经济学产生于20世纪初期的英国，后来在美国、法国和北欧国家得到广泛传授与发展，其理论奠基人是英国剑桥大学政治经济学教授庇古。他于1920年出版的《福利经济学》一书，第一次建立了福利经济学的体系。福利经济学以寻求“最大化的社会经济福利”作为目标，对市场经济运 Welfare economics originated in Britain in the early 20th century and was widely spread and developed in the United States, France and Scandinavian countries. Its theoretical foundation was founded by Pigou, professor of political economy at Cambridge University. For the first time in his book “Welfare Economics,” published in 1920, he established a system of welfare economics. Welfare Economics Seeks “Maximization of Social and Economic Welfare” as the Goal, to Market Economy