First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's "Wealth of Nations" sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government. Criticising mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people.Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. How to establish and maintain such markets? For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding social standards of decency, honesty, and virtue, but which government undermines when it unduly interferes with the intrinsically private functions of production and exchange. Social and economic order arise from the natural desires to better one's (and one's family's) lot and to gain the praise and avoid the censure of one's neighbors and business associates. Individuals behave decently and honestly because it gives them a clear conscience as well as the good reputation necessary for public approbation and sustained, profitable business relations.
亚当·斯密(Adam Smith, 1723-1790)是经济学的主要创立者。他于1723年出生在苏格兰的克科底,青年时就读于牛津大学。1751年到1764年在格斯哥大学担任哲学教授。在此期间发表了他的第一部著作《道德情操论》,确立了他在知识界的威望。但是他的不朽名声主要在于他在1776年发表的伟大著作《国家财富的性质和原因的研究》。该书一举成功,使他在余生中享受着荣誉和爱戴。1790年,亚当·斯密在克科底去逝。他一生未娶,没有子女。
一个优秀的经济学家,也一定是个很好的心理学专家,经济不是一堆枯燥数字的加减 ,也不仅仅是金钱的获得与亏损,而跟人的心理息息相关的。 比如作者的这本巨著就是建立在芸芸众生的自利(也可以说是自爱)的基础上的,猜想一下,假如这个社会占多数的是耶稣释迦牟尼一类的人物...
评分几日前在Frankling同学一席话的提点下,思绪又不自觉的在Shadow Kingdom的意念城墙边流连。神游无伤大雅,不想那蜉蝣天地、沧海一粟的悲凉绕呀绕,竟绕出了一桩珍藏已久的暖心事情来。 多年前和夫人还只是好友时,有一回心血来潮,结伴前往西什库天主教堂,期望目睹我主之荣光...
评分翻译真心差,我没开玩笑 作为经济类本科生,实在没办法简单易懂地阅读这译本啊 比如这句“文明国家的殖民地土地荒芜、人口稀少”(page330 卷四 论殖民地)我看得云里雾里,因为文明国家的殖民地怎么会土地荒芜、人口稀少,印度作为大英帝国的生命线从来没听人说过“土地荒芜...
评分亚当·斯密与原始积累 ——《国民财富的性质和原因的研究》读书报告 1、亚当·斯密笔下的资本积累:节俭的神话 作为被现代经济学和现代管理学追认为开山鼻祖的亚当·斯密,其著名著作《国富论》尤其是其中“看不见的手”的比喻,已经为人所熟知,并用来证明自由贸易和政...
评分最早提出了 division of labor,分析了分工、市场以及政治经济学等等,很理性,有识有史。
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评分读的比较艰难
评分在《国富论》中,亚当斯密摒弃了自己在《道德情操论》中的想法:When people confront moral choices, they imagine an impartial spectators who carefully consider and advise them. Instead of following their self interest, people decide on the basis of sympathy instead of selfishness.这一次,他为self interest写下了一本巨著。祖师爷的旷世才华让我等只能膜拜,不提他思想的先进性,光是理清一个新的体系,并用优秀的逻辑阐释清楚,已经是99.9%的人无法做到的事。
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