viii<br >P l~ F I I F<br >changing rapidly during the past few decades. All well received for its simple yet serious treatment. In<br >principles texts pay some attention to these more revising the oligopoly chapter (Chapter 13), l recog-<br >recent developments, but none has succeeded in inte- nized that students can gain additional insights from<br >grating the new and traditional. My goal has heen to the traditional oligopoly models and included these.<br >incorporate new ideas--ga ne theory, the modern A completely new chapter (Chapter 17) deals with<br >theory of the firm, information, and public choice-- the issues arising from uncertainty and incomplete<br >into the body of timeless principles, information and illustrates these issues with exam-<br > The presence of modern topics does not translate pies drawn from markets for used cars, insurance,<br >into "high level"; nor does it translate into "hias." credit, and risky assets. My approach in this chapter<br >At every point, 1 have striven to make recent devel- is the same as in the rest of the book--to explain a<br >opments accessible to beginning students. Where difficult (and in this case relatively new) topic in a<br >these theories are controversial, alternative approach- clear and accessible way that fits naturally into the<br >es are presented, evaluated, and compared, core principles sequence. Finally, the discussion of<br > But this book does have a point of view. It is that income distribution issues in Chapter 18 now con-<br >economics is a serious, lively, and evolving science-- tains a much expanded treatment of income redistri-<br >a science that seeks to develop a body of theory bution policies, including the negative income tax.<br >powerful enough to explain the econonfic world<br >around us and that pursues its task by building, test-<br >ing, and rejecting economic models. Where matters<br >are settled, I present what we know; where centre- Special Features<br >versy persists, I present the alternative viewpoints.<br >The Second Edition Update ,,, ! L<br >Consistent with my desire to keep pace with rapid<br > L<br > his second edition, like its prede-<br >change in the economic landscape, I have made _ cessor, is packed with special fea-<br >many changes to bring this special updated edition tures designed to enhance the learning process.<br >closer to the student s "real time." For instance,<br >four of the second edition s "Reading Between the Art Program<br >I.ines" features have been replaced. Statistics have<br >been updated through 1992. And the Clinton A highly successful innovation in the first edition<br >administration s first steps in formulating policy was the outstanding art program. The art not only<br >have been included, was visually attractive and engaging but also com-<br > municated the economic principles unambiguously<br >Microeconomics and Changes in the and clearly. We received enormously positive feed-<br > Second Edition back on the art program, confirming our belief that<br > one of the most important tools for economists is<br > The structure of the microeconomics presentation graphical analysis and also that this is precisely an<br > remains consistent with the first edition, but 1 have area that gives many students much difficulty. In the<br > made many important changes. 1 have simplified but second edition, we have further refined the data-<br > vastly increased the range of application of the based art by deriving a style that clearly reveals the<br > demand and supply model (Chapter 6) to deal with data and trends. In addition, diagrams that illustrate<br > such issues as who pays a sales tax and trading in economic processes now consistently distinguish key<br > prohibited goods. I have expanded the treatment of<br > economic players (firms, households, governments,<br > the marginal utility theory of consumer choice and markets).<br > (Chapter 7) to give a stronger graphical derivation Our goal is to show clearly "where the economic<br > of consumer equilibrium and the demand curve. The action is." To achieve this, we observe a consistent<br > modern theory of the firm, including principal and protocol in style, notation, and use of color, includ-<br > agent issues, is given a much simplified treatment in ing:<br > Chapter 9, and isoquants are covered in the appen-<br > dix to C.hapter 10. My presentation of the game the- # Highlighting shifted curves, points of equilibrium,<br > ory approach to understanding oligopoly has been and the most important...features., in red<br >
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企业理论和市场结构部分,是整本书中我个人认为最贴近商业实践,也最能激发读者思考的部分。作者对生产函数和成本结构的分析,不再是简单地将短期与长期成本曲线画出来那么肤浅,而是深入探讨了规模报酬递增背后的技术效率与组织效率的复杂关联。对于不同市场形态的区分,特别是对垄断竞争和寡头市场(如古诺模型与伯特兰模型)的对比,展现了极高的分析水平。它清晰地揭示了企业间的策略互动如何影响最终的市场均衡结果,这对于未来有志于从事商业策略分析的人来说,简直是一份宝藏。书中对于囚徒困境在商业竞争中的应用案例的引入,使得原本抽象的博弈论工具变得鲜活可感。这种将抽象理论与现实商业决策紧密结合的写作手法,极大地提升了学习的兴趣和知识的迁移性。
评分最后,我想强调的是,这部著作在处理那些跨越微观与宏观界限的议题时所表现出的罕见平衡感。它没有将经济学的各个分支割裂开来,而是通过一套统一的分析语言将它们串联起来。例如,在讨论国际贸易的比较优势理论时,作者不仅仅停留在赫克歇尔-俄林模型的框架内,而是将其置于全球要素流动和技术传播的大背景下进行审视,这种宏观视野下的微观基础构建,是许多普通教材所缺乏的。书中对于要素报酬的分配问题,也清晰地阐述了技术进步在推动整体福利提升的同时,如何可能加剧收入不平等的悖论。这种不回避矛盾、直面复杂性的态度,使得这部作品不仅仅是一本知识的传授工具,更像是一位经验丰富的导师,引导读者去思考经济学在社会发展中的终极价值与责任。阅读体验是严谨、充实且富有启发性的。
评分关于供给与需求的动态博弈,这本书简直是一部关于市场力量如何塑造价格与产量的“侦探小说”。它没有停留在初级经济学中那种静态的均衡分析,而是将时间维度和信息不对称的因素巧妙地融入了模型之中。我尤其欣赏作者在阐述弹性概念时所采用的丰富案例,比如石油市场的短期刚性和长期替代效应如何共同决定了价格的波动轨迹,那种详尽的图表解释与文字论述的完美结合,使得即便是初次接触这些复杂概念的读者也能迅速掌握要领。更进一步,作者对市场失灵部分的讨论,尤其是外部性(无论是正向还是负向)如何通过科斯定理等工具被‘理论上’解决,以及政府干预的局限性,展现了作者深厚的理论功底和审慎的政策态度。读完这部分内容,你对“看不见的手”的理解将不再是简单的信仰,而是一套建立在严密逻辑基础上的理性分析工具。它教会了我们如何批判性地看待市场机制,而不是盲目推崇或全盘否定。
评分如果说经济学是关于稀缺性资源的分配艺术,那么这部作品对消费者行为理论的解析无疑是最精妙的“艺术指导”。作者在构建效用最大化模型时,那种对偏好集合的公理化处理,虽然在数学上略显严谨,但其背后蕴含的逻辑推导却是无懈可击的。我记得书中对于无差异曲线的深入剖析,以及如何通过预算约束线来确定消费者的最优选择点,每一个步骤都设计得极其巧妙。这种从微观个体决策出发,层层上推至市场需求曲线的构建过程,完美地展示了微观经济学的核心魅力所在。更难能可贵的是,作者并未止步于传统的基数效用和序数效用之争,而是探讨了行为经济学中关于有限理性对传统假设的冲击,这使得整章内容既有扎实的古典基础,又不失对前沿思想的包容与探讨,让读者在学习经典理论的同时,也能感受到经济学学科本身的活力与演进。
评分这部经济学著作,如果我没记错的话,它在宏观层面的论述实在称得上是教科书级别的典范。作者对于国民收入核算体系的构建,以及在不同经济周期中,财政政策和货币政策如何相互作用、彼此影响的分析,简直是教科书的范本。我记得书中对乘数效应的细致拆解,那种层层递进的逻辑推演,让人在理解复杂宏观现象时豁然开朗。特别是对于通货膨胀和失业之间的权衡取舍,作者并没有简单地抛出菲利普斯曲线的传统观点,而是引入了更具时代特色的预期理论来解释短期与长期关系的微妙变化,这使得整个宏观部分的论述立体而富有深度。读者如果想建立一个坚实的宏观经济学框架,这本书在这方面的扎实基础是毋庸置疑的。它不只是罗列公式,而是深入探讨了政策制定背后的复杂权衡,那种对现实经济运行的深刻洞察力,是其他一些只关注理论模型构建的书籍所无法比拟的。它成功地将枯燥的数字和复杂的模型,转化成了可以指导我们理解世界运行规律的清晰路径图。
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