格里高利·克拉克,加州大学戴维斯分校经济系主任,著名经济史研究专家。
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.</p>
Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education.</p>
The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations.</p>
A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.</p>
终于看完了格里高利.克拉克的《a Farewell to Alms:a Brief Economic History of the World》,来这里谈谈自己的看法。 看了一些评论,不少人在推荐这本书,这些人主要是专业的学者;不少人也在鄙视这本书,认为这本书没什么价值,就如我在豆瓣这里看到的。我要说的是,这本书...
评分 评分1、 在我固有的书单里,应该不会出现这样一本书,即便它的名字叫《应该读点经济史》。 对于这类略带强势的标题我一般都敬而远之,比如你必须知道的**一类书,我会想我不知道的时候过得也挺好;另外,对于经济学一类的书,我很少有勇气拿起来看。 在我读大学的时候,有相当长...
评分或许经济学应该从历史学和生物学中或许灵感。 经济现象应该可以由常识解释,到底有没有宏观经济学是个很严肃的问题,回头看看马克思的书,或许也会有新的启发。 现代经济学,走在一个十字路口。因为建模高手们,现在没有很好的解释世界。 无休止的宽松货币政策会有怎么样的结...
评分瀑布与汲泵 辉格 2014年5月7日 http://headsalon.org/archives/5153.html 人们在评价一个社会时,常把阶层间的流动性作为一个重要指标,认为适当的流动性是一个健康而有活力社会的应有特性,它可以为奋斗、进取和各种创造性活动提供动力,让身处下层者不至于丧失希望而产生反...
Truly insightful and rewarding. The intellectual honesty and seriousness demonstrated in this book is breathtaking. Deserves a reread and note taking.
评分读到最后不禁汗颜,作者暗示经济增长的区别其实来源于work ethics和discipline。的确,在我有限的个人经验里,虽然经过高考洗礼,中国econ phd学生包括我的discipline确实整体弱于老外。
评分第一部分五星,对工业革命前马尔萨斯图景的极佳描绘,数据工作独到精妙,第二部分四星,数据价值同样高,分析稍欠,对竞争理论的拒斥有些草率,第三部分三星,理论相当进取,但比较单薄
评分A stirring book with bold pronouncement and weak evidence.
评分Truly insightful and rewarding. The intellectual honesty and seriousness demonstrated in this book is breathtaking. Deserves a reread and note taking.
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