The Rise of the Western World

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Douglass C. North is also professor of history and a fellow of the Center in Political Economy. He was on the faculty of the University of Washington and held visiting chairs at Cambridge and Rice Universities. In 1993 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has served as president of the Economic History Association and the Western Economic Association. His major interest is the evolution of economic and political institutions. The effects of institutions on the development of economies through time is a major emphasis in his work in both economic history and development. Among his books are The Rise of the Western World (with R. P. Thomas, 2nd edition), 1973, Growth and Welfare in the American Past, 1973, Structure and Change in Economic History, 1981, and Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, 1990.

出版者:Cambridge University Press
作者:Douglass C. North
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页数:180
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出版时间:1976-7-30
价格:USD 32.99
装帧:Paperback
isbn号码:9780521290999
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  • 经济史 
  • 经济学 
  • economics 
  • 经济 
  • Institutional 
  • 历史 
  • 制度经济学 
  • Douglas 
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This is a landmark book on the impact of property rights on European economic development. Published over a quarter of a century ago, its stated goal is "... to suggest new paths for the study of European economic history rather than ... either [a detailed and exhaustive study or a precise empirical test that are the] ... standard formats" (p. vii). North and Thomas attempt to identify the elements that allowed the Western European economy to rise to affluence. Their argument is made transparent in Chapter One (Theory and Overview): the key to growth was and is an efficient economic system. Efficient in the sense that the system of property rights gives individuals incentives to innovate and produce, and, conversely inhibits those activities (rent-seeking, theft, arbitrary confiscation and/or excessive taxation) that reduce individual incentives. They argue that property rights are classic public goods because: (1) once a more efficient set of property rights is discovered the marginal cost of copying it is low (compared to the cost of discovering and developing it); (2) it is prohibitively expensive to prevent other political jurisdictions from emulating a more efficient set of property rights regardless of whether they contributed to their construction; (3) and finally, the idea of a set of property rights, like all ideas, is non-rival -- we can all consume the same idea and the "stock" of the idea is not diminished. These public good aspects lead them to conclude that there may be under investment in the attempts to create more efficient sets of property rights because the jurisdiction that invests in the development of property rights pays the entire cost of their development but receives only benefits that accrue to its jurisdiction, while other jurisdictions can get the benefits without any of the developmental costs. Thus, the problems of public goods and the "free riders."

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不知道是不是翻译的问题,这本书读起来阻塞,啰啰嗦嗦的重复着。原本以为是厉以宁翻译的,后来读来觉得这本翻译起来也就是太水了,才发现原来是厉以平。何许人也?闻所未闻! 全书围绕制度的安排,私有权的确定,形成了个人收益率等于社会收益率,于是产生了有效...  

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从拿起《经济史上的结构和变迁》,转而投向更浅显易入手的此书,我一直是目的导向的。想解决的问题就是“是什么阻止了人们自由、有尊严的活着,人的自由和尊严为什么是必要的”,比如财产、行动和思想自由,还有自己利益和常识不被践踏。因为现实的苦闷,因为看似漏洞...  

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看了一半英文,一半中文

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这本书也是拖了两年才看完

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诺斯有名的著作,其中财产权的分析很重要~

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经济增长来源于自由的市场,和恰当的法制。政府都有短视的倾向,必须限制政府权力。

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人口本身不是问题,制度才是关键。。但制度也要看社会进步的程度。。

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