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>
格裏高利·剋拉剋,加州大學戴維斯分校經濟係主任,著名經濟史研究專傢。
看过英文原版了。台湾繁体字版翻译为《告別施捨:世界經濟簡史》(A Farewell to Alms)。网上已经有不少评论了。 这书里都是作者自己的逻辑和论证。 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4af8e74101008fdl.html http://www.strongwind.com.hk/article.aspx?id=7218
評分对经济类图书的读者来说,2009年可选择的书不多。郎咸平说系列图书几乎要与粗制图书画上等号:夸张演讲式文字、多篇文章扩充成书,观点在多部著作中重复挪用。2008年经济类图书明星作者韩秀云的新书也在缺乏创新型观点、缺乏系统性中被渐次遗忘,更重要的是《金融危机与我何干...
評分转帖: 大家是否想过,为什麽造就西方世界荣景的工业革命会滥觞于英国?为什麽不是中国、印度或日本?这一切不是因为英国的煤矿、殖民地、宗教改革、启蒙运动,而是英国的人口素质所致。《告别施捨》的作者葛瑞里‧克拉克认为,英国的人口在1300至1760年期间成长缓慢,但此时...
評分转帖: 大家是否想过,为什麽造就西方世界荣景的工业革命会滥觞于英国?为什麽不是中国、印度或日本?这一切不是因为英国的煤矿、殖民地、宗教改革、启蒙运动,而是英国的人口素质所致。《告别施捨》的作者葛瑞里‧克拉克认为,英国的人口在1300至1760年期间成长缓慢,但此时...
評分看过英文原版了。台湾繁体字版翻译为《告別施捨:世界經濟簡史》(A Farewell to Alms)。网上已经有不少评论了。 这书里都是作者自己的逻辑和论证。 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4af8e74101008fdl.html http://www.strongwind.com.hk/article.aspx?id=7218
讀到最後不禁汗顔,作者暗示經濟增長的區彆其實來源於work ethics和discipline。的確,在我有限的個人經驗裏,雖然經過高考洗禮,中國econ phd學生包括我的discipline確實整體弱於老外。
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评分天啊,我終於看完這本書瞭 ,曆時太久我差點忘記前麵的內容。總體來說,工業革命是人類經濟史上的重大轉摺,由此擺脫瞭人口和生活水平負相關的馬爾薩斯理論。有意思的是本書提齣瞭很多理論,然後一一舉例反駁。縱然我不一定記得全部,好歹以後看到一項理論不會盲目相信。 還有進化論選擇的工業革命的人的性格,我覺得這個可以解釋貧富國傢間efficiency的部分差彆。當然索托說瞭,這跟人無關,隻跟産權製度相關。保留意見啊,因為我覺得都有關啊!!!!
评分天啊,我終於看完這本書瞭 ,曆時太久我差點忘記前麵的內容。總體來說,工業革命是人類經濟史上的重大轉摺,由此擺脫瞭人口和生活水平負相關的馬爾薩斯理論。有意思的是本書提齣瞭很多理論,然後一一舉例反駁。縱然我不一定記得全部,好歹以後看到一項理論不會盲目相信。 還有進化論選擇的工業革命的人的性格,我覺得這個可以解釋貧富國傢間efficiency的部分差彆。當然索托說瞭,這跟人無關,隻跟産權製度相關。保留意見啊,因為我覺得都有關啊!!!!
评分A very interesting social Darwinism perspective of economic history.
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