What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone, yet the unfamiliar jargon and math of economics can seem daunting. This clear, accessible, and even humorous book is ideal for young readers new to economics and for all readers who seek a better understanding of the full sweep of economic history and ideas.
Economic historian Niall Kishtainy organizes short, chronological chapters that center on big ideas and events. He recounts the contributions of key thinkers including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and others, while examining topics ranging from the invention of money and the rise of agrarianism to the Great Depression, entrepreneurship, environmental destruction, inequality, and behavioral economics. The result is a uniquely enjoyable volume that succeeds in illuminating the economic ideas and forces that shape our world.
Niall Kishtainy, former economic policy advisor to the UK government and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, is guest teacher, department of economic history, London School of Economics, and author of The Economics Book and Economics in Minutes. He lives in London.
这本书从经济学这个概念诞生开始,不断进步,不断优化,对不同经济时期的理论结合当时的形式进行剖析,有一点经济学入门的感觉,让我对经济学有了一些兴趣。 作者拥有更高的境界,不会说某个观念不会,而是考虑当时所处的环境,也告诫我们对历史、生活、他人不能以事后的结果来...
评分序言通过研究经济学的历史,我们欣赏几个世纪以来,不同思想者针对其所处的时代的经济困境,提出的各种迥异的思想:19世纪工业革命带来的财富和它的肮脏;20世纪庞大失业潮的威胁;今天日益加剧的不平等和经融危机。 01 我们为什么需要经济学稀缺性和机会成本揭示了一条基本的...
评分提到“经济”与“资本”,我总是会第一时间想起征服和暴力,无论是起初学生时代得知的西方殖民主义萌芽,还是后来阅读《绝对欲望,绝对奇异》中对于二战时期日本经济崛起的描述,似乎“资本”永远是裹挟着血腥以及金钱至上的纯理性论调,也不难怪马克思曾说“自从来到人间,资...
评分本想着通过这本书,作为学习经济学正统教材前的开胃小菜,但是这本书没有满足我的需求。看了约前三分之一,暂时放弃了。原因在于它讲述的内容过于简略。你可以看到不同时期的经济政策,基本上是根据时代背景而设定的。但是书里面并没有强调这其中的因果关系,而且对时代背景的...
评分这本书与其说是通识课,不如说是大事记,总共40章,每章只有3到6分钟,用通俗需要介绍一种经济学发展史上的重要观点和他的代表人物,没有公式、图表、计算,取而代之的是各种比喻。 这本书适合理清经济学发展的历史脉络,也可以让你认识的,经济是如此的复杂,以至于各种完全对...
“Despite its flaws,then,economics is vital to humanity. But economics has struggled with broader questions about how human societies as a whole work. If you study economics at university,you mainly learn about those basic economic principles. They're powerful and useful but you should use them with care."
评分写的很浅,原理说的都很简单,有些意犹未尽
评分还算不错的经济学入门读物。历史的部分其实不多,主要是介绍现代经济学的基本概念。
评分还算不错的经济学入门读物。历史的部分其实不多,主要是介绍现代经济学的基本概念。
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