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From the complex human systems to the laws of economics—thinking of a clinician

WANG Han^*

Aerospace Clinical Medicine Center, School of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032

Abstract

Human body and economy belong to complex systems. But similar to the cars that cannot be reduced to the sum of parts, the oversimplification of economic phenomena leads to the loss of the characteristics of complex systems. As the most well-studied complex system so far, the human body is an extremely ideal complex system model. Using the human body to study economic phenomena seems inconceivable, but actually the internal logic is interlinked. By finding out the transformation of economic research paradigm and then promoting the commonness between the two, it may have new theoretical and practical significance. This paper briefly reviews some basic concepts of physiology and economics, focuses on the connection between human physiological activities and economic phenomena and the inspiration of economic research, and proposes some meaningful thoughts on the interdisciplinary development of physiology in the era of complex science.

Key words: economics; physiology; complex systems

Received: 2020-12-17　　Accepted: 2021-05-06

Corresponding author: 王瀚　　E-mail: harry19870921@126.com

Citing This Article：

WANG Han. From the complex human systems to the laws of economics—thinking of a clinician. Acta Physiol Sin 2021; 73 (6): 1054-1057 (in Chinese with English abstract).