Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize-wimming author of The Prize joins a leading expert on the global economy to present an incisive narrative of the risks and opportunities that are emerging as the balance of power shifts around the world between governments and markets -- and the battle over globalization comes front and center. The Commanding Heights is essential for understanding the struggle over the "new rules of the game" for the twenty-first century.
Amazon.com
The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, are those dominant enterprises and industries that form the high economic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysis of the new world economy, The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "the individuals, the ideas, the conflicts, and the turning points" that are responsible. And by considering events such as the ongoing Asian monetary crisis, they suggest what the ultimate interconnection of financial markets might mean in the future.
The Wall Street Journal, Kenneth Minogue
Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw write clearly and have the journalist's talent for fixing personalities in our minds with biographical detail. No one could ask for a better account of the world's political and economic destiny since World War II.
The New York Times Book Review, Jeffrey E. Garten
It is an extraordinarily ambitious undertaking, combining the history of milestone events in countries as diverse as France and India, the biography of leaders as different as Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping and the evolution of ideas ranging from Keynesian economics ... to the Chicago school of free markets. But it is also a brilliantly successful project, a colorful and even suspenseful story of how the world has been transformed over the last half-century.
From Booklist
Yergin and Stanislaw's global tour d'horizon doesn't extrapolate from the discrediting of various shades of socialism that free markets are here to stay. The situation varies from country to country. The authors report on the post^-World War II performance of significant national economies and, moreover, on the politicians who, starting with Margaret Thatcher, advocated the disengagement of the state from the economy. This work complements Robert Skidelsky's Road from Serfdom (1996), a readable analysis of how the predictions of free-market economist F. A. Hayek came true. The authors supplement their research with interviews of influential economists and politicians over the past two decades, such as those who implemented "shock therapies" in ex-communist countries. The authors' judgments are reasoned and seasoned, far from podium-pounding homilies on the free market; rather, they explain why the welfare state was so appealing after the war, then how it gradually sputtered into 1970s stagflation. Renders wide-ranging acquaintance with the basic ideas of contemporary economics.
Gilbert Taylor
Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Robert Heilbroner
...a book that must be read by anyone who responds to its powerful subtitle.... It has been a long time since I have read a book in which intelligence and readability were so felicitously mixed.
Commentary, Gary Rosen
Yergin and Stanislaw trace the course of our century's enchantment with central planning from its first hopeful postwar expressions to its dissolution in recent decades under the relentless pressure of the marketplace and its partisans. It is a grand tale, and they relate it with admirable ambition and energy, even if in the end they fail to do it full justice.
They rightly consider Hayek the leading thinker in the revolt against statism. The problem with Yergin and Stanislaw's presentation of his views is that it scants their essential aspect, which is political and legal. As they would have it, the confrontation between market and state basically concerns information, that is, which side knows more. For Hayek himself, however, the overriding reason state control of economies is "the road to serfdom" is that it vastly expands the opportunities for the governing class to serve its own narrow interests.
Such messily political matters are not fundamental to Yergin and Stanislaw's account. This no doubt explains their strange insistence that the state may soon come roaring back to reclaim its place atop the commanding heights. Whatever misfortunes may befall the newly liberalized economies of the world, however, far too many people have learned that political power, even when exercised in the name of public-spirited economic ends, corrupts in direct proportion to the ambition of its reach.
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The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
这本书最让我印象深刻的是它对“控制”这一概念的深入探讨。在经济领域,“控制”意味着对资源配置、生产模式、财富分配的决定权。书中对不同国家、不同时期在争夺经济“制高点”时的策略和结果的分析,让我看到了经济力量如何被运用,如何被挑战,又如何被重塑。我开始意识到,经济的“高度”不仅仅关乎效率,更关乎公平、发展以及人类的福祉。它让我对那些看似独立的经济政策,有了更宏观、更深入的理解,也让我开始思考,在任何一个时代,谁拥有定义和掌控经济“规则”的能力,谁就拥有塑造未来的力量。这本书让我对“进步”的定义有了更 nuanced 的理解,认识到任何经济体制的成功都需要不断的审视和调整,以确保它能够真正服务于人类的共同利益。
评分阅读过程中,我深刻感受到作者对于历史事件的严谨考证和流畅叙述。这本书不仅仅是关于经济学理论的介绍,更是对那些塑造了现代世界的关键人物和事件的一次细致梳理。我被书中对不同经济思潮的起源、发展以及它们如何影响政策制定的过程所吸引。这让我开始理解,为什么在某些历史时期,某些经济思想会成为主流,而又为何在另一些时期,它们会被新的理念所取代。我仿佛置身于那些充满变革的时代,亲眼目睹着经济思想如何成为改变世界的力量。这本书让我对“权威”的来源和运作方式有了更深的理解,也让我开始审视那些被认为是“真理”的经济学观点,思考它们背后的历史根源和社会语境。
评分这本书最让我印象深刻的是其深刻的历史洞察力。它并非简单地罗列事实,而是通过对不同经济模式在特定历史时期下的实践与后果的详细分析,展现了经济思想的演变和对现实世界产生的实际影响。我开始理解,为什么某些政策在某个时代行之有效,而在另一个时代却显得笨拙不堪。这不仅仅是理论上的差异,更是时代背景、社会条件以及人类行为模式相互作用的结果。作者并没有回避那些争议和失败,反而深入探讨了这些挑战,使得整个叙述更加真实且引人入胜。我仿佛置身于那些决定国家命运的关键时刻,亲眼目睹着思想的交锋,政策的制定,以及那些由此产生的涟漪效应,波及全球。这本书迫使我去思考,在任何一个时代,我们对经济的理解都可能存在局限性,而那些看似颠扑不破的真理,也可能随着时间和环境的变化而改变。它让我对“进步”这个概念有了更 nuanced 的理解,认识到任何经济体制的成功都需要不断的调整和适应,才能真正服务于人类的福祉。
评分阅读这本书的过程,对我而言更像是一次与历史对话的旅程。我被书中对关键经济决策背后错综复杂原因的深入剖析所吸引。作者并没有回避那些充满争议的人物和事件,反而以一种冷静而客观的态度,去探究他们做出选择的动机,以及这些选择所带来的长远影响。我惊叹于作者能够将如此宏大的经济史,梳理得如此清晰且引人入胜,仿佛一位技艺高超的导游,带领我穿越二十世纪经济思想的跌宕起伏。每一个国家,每一个经济体,似乎都在探索一条适合自己的道路,而这本书则为我们提供了理解这些探索路径的绝佳框架。它让我开始思考,在任何一个时代,领导者们所面临的挑战是何其巨大,而他们所做的每一个决定,都可能在历史的长河中留下深远的印记。这本书让我对“公共领域”的定义有了更深刻的认识,以及国家在其中所扮演的不可或缺的角色。
评分第一次捧起《The Commanding Heights》,我纯粹是被那醒目的书名所吸引。在无数的书架上,它散发着一种不容忽视的力量感,仿佛预示着一场智识的探险,一段关于权力、经济与历史交织的宏大叙事。我当时的心境,更像是一个对世界运作机制充满好奇的旁观者,期待着这本书能为我拨开迷雾,揭示那些塑造了我们当下世界的幕后力量。书中那些关于不同经济体制的辩论,关于国家在经济发展中扮演角色的考量,以及那些在历史关键时刻做出的影响深远的决策,都让我着迷。我开始思考,那些看似遥不可及的宏观经济政策,实际上是如何渗透到我们每个人的生活,影响着我们的工作、消费,甚至我们对未来的期待。这本书不仅仅是关于经济理论的堆砌,更是对人类集体智慧与失误的一次深刻反思,它让我开始审视那些被认为是“常识”的经济学观点,并思考它们背后更深层的逻辑和历史根源。每一次翻页,都像是在开启一个新的章节,让我看到历史的复杂性,以及那些推动时代前进的伟大思想家和实践者。
评分《The Commanding Heights》提供了一个极具启发性的视角,去审视自由市场和国家干预之间的永恒张力。我发现自己被书中对不同经济模式的严谨分析所吸引,尤其是在理解它们如何应对经济危机和促进社会发展方面。作者并没有简单地站在某一边,而是通过展示不同时期、不同背景下的实践案例,来探讨哪种模式更能有效地服务于人类的普遍利益。这让我认识到,经济的“高度”并非一个单一的、固定的目标,而是一个需要不断根据现实情况进行调整和优化的过程。我开始反思,那些我们习以为常的经济观念,究竟是如何在历史的洪流中形成并演变的?而我们又该如何从过去的经验中汲取教训,以更好地应对未来的挑战?这本书让我对经济学不仅仅停留在理论层面,而是将其视为一种与人类社会发展紧密相连的实践学科。
评分《The Commanding Heights》提供了一种独特的视角来理解现代世界的形成。我发现自己沉浸在那些关于自由市场、国家干预以及两者之间微妙平衡的讨论中。书中对不同经济学派的辩论,以及那些塑造了二十世纪经济格局的关键人物和事件的描绘,都让我受益匪浅。我开始意识到,经济的“高度”并非一个静态的概念,而是一个不断被争夺、被定义、被重新塑造的战场。无论是凯恩斯主义的兴起,还是新自由主义的复苏,每一次浪潮都伴随着深刻的社会变革和思想的冲击。这本书让我看到了经济思想如何成为影响政策、塑造社会、乃至改变国家命运的强大力量。我不再仅仅将经济看作是枯燥的数字和图表,而是将其视为人类社会互动、价值取向和未来愿景的生动体现。它让我对那些经济学家和政治家们的思考和抉择有了更深的理解,也让我对我们所处的经济现实有了更清晰的认识。
评分从这本书中,我获得了对“权力”这一概念的全新认知。它不仅仅是政治上的主导,更是经济话语权和政策制定权的角逐。书中对不同经济思想家和政治家的描绘,让我看到了他们在争夺“制高点”时的策略、智慧以及有时不为人知的牺牲。我开始理解,经济理论的背后,往往隐藏着对社会秩序、人类福祉以及国家未来的不同设想。这本书让我看到,当经济学成为一种塑造现实的工具时,其影响力可以延伸到我们生活的方方面面。我开始思考,在任何一个时代,谁在定义经济的“规则”?谁在影响这些规则的制定?而这些规则又如何影响着普通民众的生活?这本书让我对那些曾经在我眼中遥不可及的宏观经济决策,有了更贴近、更人性化的理解,也让我开始审视自己在这场宏大叙事中所处的位置。
评分《The Commanding Heights》为我打开了一扇理解现代世界运作机制的窗口。我被书中对不同经济体制及其背后思想的深入剖析所吸引,尤其是在理解国家如何在经济发展中扮演关键角色方面。作者并没有简单地强调某种经济模式的优越性,而是通过对历史案例的详细分析,来展现不同模式的优势、劣势以及它们在不同社会语境下的适应性。这让我认识到,经济的发展并非是一条笔直的道路,而是充满了各种尝试、纠错和调整。我开始反思,那些我们今天所熟悉的经济概念和政策,究竟是如何在历史的长河中逐渐形成并演变的?而我们又该如何从过去的经验中汲取教训,以更好地应对未来的挑战?这本书让我对“国家”这个概念在经济领域中的角色有了更清晰的认识,也让我对如何平衡市场力量与社会需求有了更深入的思考。
评分这本书带给我的,是一种对经济发展历史的宏大叙事感。它并非只关注理论或数据,而是将经济思想的演变与政治、社会、文化因素紧密结合,展现了一幅波澜壮阔的历史画卷。我惊叹于作者能够将如此复杂的经济史,梳理得如此清晰且引人入胜,仿佛一位技艺高超的导游,带领我穿越二十世纪经济思想的跌宕起伏。每一个国家,每一个经济体,似乎都在探索一条适合自己的道路,而这本书则为我们提供了理解这些探索路径的绝佳框架。它让我对“进步”这个概念有了更 nuanced 的理解,认识到任何经济体制的成功都需要不断的调整和适应,才能真正服务于人类的福祉。这本书让我对那些经济学家和政治家们的思考和抉择有了更深的理解,也让我对我们所处的经济现实有了更清晰的认识。
评分刚看了PBS TV Series,看书中。由Susan Schwab的课程推荐。
评分刚看了PBS TV Series,看书中。由Susan Schwab的课程推荐。
评分刚看了PBS TV Series,看书中。由Susan Schwab的课程推荐。
评分刚看了PBS TV Series,看书中。由Susan Schwab的课程推荐。
评分刚看了PBS TV Series,看书中。由Susan Schwab的课程推荐。
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