罗伯特·墨菲是美国著名经济学家、顾问、专栏作家和多部畅销书作者。他的热门文章经常出现在《洛杉矶时报》《华盛顿时报》《市场观察》《福布斯》和《投资者商业日报》等杂志上,作品包括《第一本经济学》《<人的行为>导读》《<人,经济与国家>导读》《选择》等。
We are beyond mere excitement about Lessons for the Young Economist. It is easily the best introduction to economics for the young reader—because it covers both pure economic theory and also how markets work (the domain of most introductory books).
Robert Murphy has the right frame of mind and mastery of the subject matter to provide the best possible pedagogy. The logic is super clear. The organization is impeccable. It achieves a great balance between “plain old” economics and that aspect of economic thought that is considered particularly Austrian. Therefore, it prepares the student for both conventional economic studies in the future and provides the logical rigor and policy clarity that only the Austrian School perspective can offer.
Most of the attempts at such texts falter because they are either too dry and technical for the young reader or they are littered with attempts to keep the student entertained with references to pop culture or cheesy passages that attempt to “speak the child’s language” but only end up sounding patronizing.
Dr. Murphy’s text has none of this. The prose has relentless fire without needless fireworks. What drives it forward is intellectual passion born of his love of the topic. What’s also nice is that he is nowhere self-consciously trying to sound like someone he is not. It is his real voice, explaining everything point by point. For this reason, the text is warm and engaging.
Here is the product of vast experience and daily writing. This permits the voicing of the book to achieve a remarkable integration page to page, chapter to chapter. Though he is drawing from the whole history of the development of economics, the text ends up being strikingly original. His approach is not based on anything but his own sense of how to teach this subject.
This book will not be boring or useless even for people who think they already know the subject. Every page or two, there are fresh insights. For example, on the problems with barter, he shows that in the real world, most goods and services would not have come into existence at all (so that there would be no trading of tractors for cobbler services because there would be no tractors or repairable shoes). In another place, he points out that one of the advantages of the division of labor is that it makes the advantages of automation more readily apparent.
Maybe these points appear in other introductory texts but the way he works them into a logical and seamless system is very impressive. It has a much larger market than just high-school students. Anyone can enjoy this book and learn from it. The appropriate age here is probably 13 and up but any adult will love this book.
Murphy wrote the first study guides to Human Action and Man, Economy, and State. He can now add another medal to his chest. It is a big one. There is every reason to believe that this book will still have powerful legs decades from now.
As for the price, it is close to being a miracle for a textbook of this size and expanse. The conventional publishers of bad books at high prices don't stand a chance against this landmark.
先定个调子,这是一本很好的基础性的课外读物。之所以说是课外读物,是因为学习经济学的会嫌讲的太浅,而底子薄一些的读者读起来会比较舒服。 但是就没人批评这本书嘛? 我介于专业学习和一点儿不了解之间,这倒不是我的第一本经济学书,之前看了几本经济学的或与经济学搭点儿...
评分作者是经济学家,本书有不少经济学家推荐,因此可以认为书中的内容是被学术圈普遍接受的因此是可信的。 文风通俗易懂,缺点是对我来说前2/3的篇幅信息量太小。 内容相对来说还算全面。 书中有一些违背常识的观点,但是有理有据,而且应该不是作者一家之言而是学术界共识。比如...
评分墨菲说,他从法律上支持毒品合法化,虽然从道德上他支持禁毒。他的这个立场,和奥地利学派、马尔萨斯这些人的立场是一致的,或者说他和Sowell所谓的那些持有the tragic vision的人的立场是一致的。但是问题是,即使对人性、人的理性能力有悲观的态度,也没有必要放弃干预。当然...
评分《第一本经济学》的译者在序言中说:“经济学原本是帮助人们洞察世事、学习人与人相处之道的有趣学问。”——我理解的“洞察世事”,是说,经济学提供了一套由许多相互联系的概念组成的理论框架,我们用它来理解经济运行,和各种与稀缺、选择相关的社会现象。 不管市面...
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评分給小孩看的。入門書的入門級介紹。是有特定閱讀群體的!要注意這個特點!想深入了解的請繞道了!
评分这是我看过的最好的入门读物。第一部分尤为精彩。中文版叫《第一本经济学》,不知道翻译得怎么样。很喜欢这种开头先讲方法论的书。
评分給小孩看的。入門書的入門級介紹。是有特定閱讀群體的!要注意這個特點!想深入了解的請繞道了!
评分读到最后才发现是一本奥地利学派洗脑初中生的读物,但是最精彩的还是后半部分从论证社会主义开始到对政府干预的反对。
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