Monica Prasad is Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country? Why did it experience an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s, known today as the neoliberal revolution? And why did it recently suffer the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years? Although the United States is often considered a liberal, laissez-faire state, Monica Prasad marshals convincing evidence to the contrary. Indeed, she argues that a strong tradition of government intervention undermined the development of a European-style welfare state. The demand-side theory of comparative political economy she develops here explains how and why this happened. Her argument begins in the late nineteenth century, when America's explosive economic growth overwhelmed world markets, causing price declines everywhere. While European countries adopted protectionist policies in response, in the United States lower prices spurred an agrarian movement that rearranged the political landscape. The federal government instituted progressive taxation and a series of strict financial regulations that ironically resulted in more freely available credit. As European countries developed growth models focused on investment and exports, the United States developed a growth model based on consumption. These large-scale interventions led to economic growth that met citizen needs through private credit rather than through social welfare policies. Among the outcomes have been higher poverty, a backlash against taxation and regulation, and a housing bubble fueled by "mortgage Keynesianism." This book will launch a thousand debates.
發表於2024-12-22
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有為政府的理念在中國始終是盛行的,近年來尤為昌盛。政府官員抱持這一理念自不待言。在新自由主義退潮和新發展主義興起的背景下,這一理念在學界的擁躉也日益增多。將中國經濟奇跡歸功於“兩手抓”,即市場“看不見的手”與政府“看得見的手”的聯閤作用,成為中國模式論(無...
評分有為政府的理念在中國始終是盛行的,近年來尤為昌盛。政府官員抱持這一理念自不待言。在新自由主義退潮和新發展主義興起的背景下,這一理念在學界的擁躉也日益增多。將中國經濟奇跡歸功於“兩手抓”,即市場“看不見的手”與政府“看得見的手”的聯閤作用,成為中國模式論(無...
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圖書標籤: 政治學 美國 比較政治 政治經濟學 社會學 美國政治 曆史 政治社會學
與現有研究和學派的豐富對話,有洞見的觀點,像韋伯一樣的將各種遙遠的、破碎的元素編織在一起的能力,隻是編織得不夠緊密,對大財團和産業領導人的角色幾乎沒有提及,似乎故事不夠完整。
評分延續上一本的觀點,轉而研究瞭對抗性經濟體製是如何産生的。強調農業生産過剩問題在特定政治體製中的展開以及隨之而來的有限的路徑依賴。方法上而言,從傳統史學敘事、比較曆史研究到時間序列分析都用上瞭……但是生産過剩、國際貿易體係的變化並沒有被很好的處理。隻討論瞭政府收入的結構,沒有討論政府支齣的結構。
評分與現有研究和學派的豐富對話,有洞見的觀點,像韋伯一樣的將各種遙遠的、破碎的元素編織在一起的能力,隻是編織得不夠緊密,對大財團和産業領導人的角色幾乎沒有提及,似乎故事不夠完整。
評分在龍哥的帶領下第一次嘗試的外文專著,也隻能說是“讀過”瞭,關於書的內容,諸位可參見《清華社會學評論》中有關這本書的書評
評分與現有研究和學派的豐富對話,有洞見的觀點,像韋伯一樣的將各種遙遠的、破碎的元素編織在一起的能力,隻是編織得不夠緊密,對大財團和産業領導人的角色幾乎沒有提及,似乎故事不夠完整。
The Land of Too Much 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載