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- 經濟史
- 經濟學
- 曆史
- 經濟
- economics
- history
- Economics
- 金融
- 經濟學
- 曆史
- 發展
- 貧睏
- 增長
- 全球化
- 自由市場
- 社會變遷
- 製度
- 人力資本
具體描述
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>
著者簡介
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。
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用戶評價
A stirring book with bold pronouncement and weak evidence.
评分A stirring book with bold pronouncement and weak evidence.
评分對長時段經濟史的無數種解讀中的一種。
评分have the honor to take the class of the author, who is a kind and excellent professor!
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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