陶永谊，北京大学国际政治系毕业，中国社会科学院研究生院世界经济系硕士。之后师从著名经济学家朱绍文攻读博士研究生，研究方向为西方经济思想史。先期就职于中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所，参与中国外贸体制改革、中国2000年国际经济环境等重大课题研究。曾出版《旷日持久的论战：经济学的方法论之争》《互利：经济的逻辑》《互利政治的智慧》《互利经济学》《顺势而为——风险市场的生存之道》等专著，在学界获得广泛好评。曾任深圳国际经营战略研究中心证券咨询部主任、深圳新兰德证券投资培训中心主任、深圳巨澜投资分析科技有限公司董事长兼总经理、深圳全天然科技有限公司董事长兼总经理、光大证券投资分析师。当过兵，下过乡，经过商，也做过学者，现为独立经济学家。

Tao Yongyi, a doctor in the history of Western economic thought. He first worked at the Institute of World Economy and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and participated in the research on the reform of China's system of foreign trade, China's international economic environment in 2000 and other major issues. He has published such monographs as the Protracted Debate: the Methodological Debate of Economics, Mutual Benefit: the Logic of Economy, the Wisdom of Mutually Beneficial Politics, and Mutually Beneficial Economics, which have won wide acclaim in the academic circles. He is now an independent economist.