社会主义和市场经济能否结合？对这个问题的争论，在国外已经持续一个多世纪了。我们党的十四大，对这个问题，从理论上和实践上做出了肯定的回答。现在对百多年来国外关于这个问题的争论做一个简要的回顾，对我们不无碑益。国外对社会主义与市场经济结合的探讨，可以分为两大 Can socialism and market economy be combined? The debate on this issue has been going on for more than a century abroad. The 14th National Party Congress made a positive answer to this question in theory and in practice. Now we are going to make a brief review of the controversy over this issue abroad for over a hundred years. Foreign discussion of the combination of socialism and market economy can be divided into two major categories