于光远先生是我国著名的经济学家,也是灾害经济学的创立者。他的灾害经济学理论的提出与水灾有着紧密的联系。1981年,长江上游地区连降暴雨,多处发和洪水,仅在四川省就有57个县受淹,1756万亩农田遭灾,灾民达2000多万人。当于光远得知水灾比1980年还大、水情与1954年大洪水相仿时,再也坐不住了。他每天给秘书打电话,嘱其多了解灾区情况,多查找一 Mr. Yu Guangyuan is a famous economist in China and the founder of disaster economics. His theory of disaster economics is closely linked with flood disaster. In 1981, there were heavy rainfalls, multiple deliveries and floods in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Only 57 counties were flooded in Sichuan Province and 17.56 million mu of farmland were affected, reaching over 20 million people. When Guangyuan learned that the flooding was larger than in 1980, and the water conditions were similar to the 1954 flood, they could no longer sit still. He called the secretary every day, told him to know more about the disaster area, and more to find one