威廉·伊斯特利为纽约大学经济学教授。1985年他荣获麻省理工学院经济学博士学位;曾在世界银行、全球发展中心和国际经济学研究所任职。他的研究领域包括经济发展和增长、发展中国家的微观经济学以及政治经济学。
发表于2024-06-26
The Elusive Quest for Growth 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
国家的经济发展,对个人生活水平的提高、婴儿死亡率的降低、营养不良和饥饿的减少非常重要(第1篇)。 而投资建设水电站等宏观发展策略失败,原因是没能在微观层面对个人提供正确的激励(第2篇)。 对个人提供正确的激励很难,因为,第157页,收入差距并非由个人积累物质资本和...
评分作者说的很对,经济增长依靠多方便因子的综合作用,良好的政府,正确的激励还有运气,经济不发展只需要其中一条就可以造成毁灭性的打击,从这个角度可以解释为什么工业革命发生在英国,英国正好有多方面合适的条件,后续的扩展当然比第一个要容易一些,但也不是很容易,需要多...
评分基于一个很好的契机,我有幸拜读了《在增长的迷雾中求索-经济学家在欠发达国家的探险与失败》,这是一本关于发展经济学的书,书封面小姑娘的大眼睛给我留下了深刻的印象。每年世界银行都会为消除贫困,帮助落后国家发展作出很多努力,作者(威廉·伊斯特里 William Easterly,...
评分就个人而言,读书的乐趣就是通过阅读与作者腾云架雾,穿越时空来到另一番天地,感受彼时彼景的温度,自己或欣喜,或悲悯。《经济增长的迷雾》即带我去非洲,又带我去北美;既然我感受到“美国建国之初的野蛮生长的暴力”,又让我感受到“我国古代四大发明却又让我们停留在冷兵...
评分很多农民往往会在财政补贴和努力耕种之间权衡,而不是像政策的美好愿景那样越补贴越努力,甚至于在北方的一些农村,需要村干部亲自蹲在田间地头没日没夜的监督,才能完成相应的农产品产量。农民在面对选择的时候往往是现实而短视的,也缺乏应有的格局,你会发现很多农户人家比...
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Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics, William Easterly argues, but the failure to apply economic principles to practical policy work.<br /> <br /> In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people--private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors--respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem. Written in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly’s book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank.
A chatty, simple, enjoyable read.
评分Chap 3: Solow's Surprise: Investment is Not the Key to Growth. Chap 6: The loans that were, the growth that wasn't
评分很多观点都很有说服力,最好是跟Jeffrey Sachs的论文结合起来看,哈。Easterly的论证总是很踏实,很严谨,而且总是孜孜不倦地跟最顶级的发展经济学家叫板并乐此不疲。最近刚看了一个他6年来第一次破例跟Sachs一起出席学术会议的视频。也是我们学校经济系的教授。经济系就在我们政治系楼上。希望哪天可以在电梯里碰到他,然后趁机练一下我的30秒elevator pitch...teehee
评分#这本书应该用哈利波特里面的一本杂志的名字来定性,叫“唱唱反调”
评分In this book, Easterly analyzes the reasons why foreign aid to many third world countries has failed to produce sustainable growth. Can be critically understood by comparison to the works of Jeffry Sachs, Rodrik, Institutionalism economists.
The Elusive Quest for Growth 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书