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.
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。
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评分比较之后
评分比较之后
评分读了电子版。入门级读物,对于经济学框架的正确建立确有助益。其中社会主义部分印象深刻。
评分对于初学者而言的极好入门书目,配合公开课的量化讲法学习,效果很好。只不过。。。被奥地利学派洗脑了,尤其是后半本,就是一直强调"政府不要干预政府不要干预政府不要干预",论证举例比较片面,不及前半本写的好,鲁滨逊的事例尤其赞。
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!
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