蒂姆·哈福德:《金融时报》“亲爱的经济学家”的专栏作家。在这个专栏中,他用最新的经济理论,为好奇心十足的读者提供轻松诙谐、深入浅出的答案。他同时还在世界银行工作,担任国际金融公司首席经济学家的主笔。之前,哈福德不但做过《金融时报》的经济学社评作家,还曾担任一家大型石油公司的经济学家、牛津大学的经济学教授。他现居华盛顿。可以从http://www.timharford.com/deareconomist/上阅读到哈福德的精彩评论。
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想写点什么评价的 不然是不是对不起这么一本好书 但是发现都被前面的人写过了…… 一本像小说一样的经济学 用非常轻松的心情读完了发现好像没有一句废话(非常难得了)用简单的办法来阐述深刻的道理 这就完全够得上好书了
评分经济学之类的普及书也算看过几本,这本读起来很轻松,因为选材很日常,就是很小的事,不似一些书拿些重大的事做经济分析得出一个让常人接受不了的结论,有普及的效果 给人惊艳之感的是最后一章写中国致富的,作者到过内地,算是亲身体验了改革开放的变化,言辞间对中国经济成就...
评分任志强在《头脑风暴》上说,长远看来房价是越来越高的,因为按照马克思主义的级差地租原理,现在城市投资越来越多,自然房价越来越高。好吧,我们且不说住在北京的人一辈子能去几次鸟巢、水立方,让我们先带着一本书看房市——《卧底经济学》。 第1章《你喝咖啡谁赚钱》,以咖...
评分必须承认,我对通俗易懂的读物总是很感兴趣,哪怕它有时候过于浅显。《卧底经济学》和《真是世界的经济学》就是其中的两本。 不妨来看看《卧底经济学》第一章的引子: “如果你像我一样经常买咖啡喝,那么你可能会想:肯定有人从中大发横财。如果报纸上偶尔的抱怨是正确的,...
评分物以稀为贵 现在以经济学的名义,就是稀缺 我的理解:也是一个护城河 也就是核心竞争力 同一杯咖啡 因为地点,环境有不同的价格 这个咖啡的成本,与咖啡的本身关联已不是很大 很大的部分是房租、人工、装修还有投入利润 因为咖啡的产地,产能与种咖啡的技术最没有门槛 在一杯...
the time i thought this is what economics is about..
评分the time i thought this is what economics is about..
评分文笔很平和,深入浅出。有的地方有些浅,而且还是新自由资本主义那些论调,无甚新意。但有的点选的很好,原来都没有想到。还有就是学而时习之也不错,至少看起来很娱乐。
评分better than freako...
评分the time i thought this is what economics is about..
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