The Great Escape

Angus Deaton is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His many books include The Analysis of Household Surveys and Economics and Consumer Behavior. He is a past president of the American Economic Association.

出版者:Princeton University Press

作者:Angus Deaton

页数:376

出版时间:2013-9-23

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780691153544

图书标签:经济学发展经济学经济史社会学/人类学economics经济社会学society-social-sci

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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.

Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts--including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions--that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape.

Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.

Endorsement:

"There is nobody better than Angus Deaton to explain why our lives are longer, healthier, and more prosperous than those of our great-grandparents. The story he tells is much more than an inexorable march of progress--it has also been unequal, uneven, and incomplete, and at each step, politics has played a defining role. This is a must-read for anybody interested in the wealth and health of nations."--Daron Acemoglu, coauthor of Why Nations Fail

"At once engaging and compassionate, this is an uplifting story by a major scholar."--Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion

"Magisterial and superb."--William Easterly, author of The White Man's Burden

"The Great Escape tells the two biggest stories in history: how humanity got healthy and wealthy, and why some people got so much healthier and wealthier than others. Angus Deaton, one of the world's leading development economists, takes us on an extraordinary journey--from an age when almost everyone was poor and sick to one where most people have escaped these evils--and he tells us how the billion still trapped in extreme poverty can join in this great escape. Everyone who wants to understand the twenty-first century should read this book."--Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules--for Now

"Deaton's account of global advances in health is magisterial. It is especially convincing in disentangling economic progress from technological growth as sources of health improvements. A very big story, this book should affect the way we think about human development and the role of science and science-based government programs. The language is modest and graceful, the use of evidence compelling, and the illustrations highly attractive."--Samuel Preston, University of Pennsylvania

读后感

大量详实的数据，告诉我们一个血的教训：人类的发展，带来整体的繁荣时，也带来了人与人，国与国之间的巨大差距。这样的差距不单单是财富，还有健康以及寿命的长短。令人悲剧的时，对欠发达地区的经济援助，有时会阻碍当地的经济发展——这恰恰是摆脱贫困的根本办法。槽点：书...  

读完了还是没找到开头提到各种问题的答案。内容很丰富，但是感觉更多是提出出问题后从不同方面讨论，并没有很明确的观点，导致我看的时候一直有点找不到主线云里雾里的感觉。更像教科书 但是思路和结构不太清晰。也许是本来就是抛砖引玉的书吧？  

这本书就是诺贝尔经济学奖为 joke 的明证。一章一章看过去，从4星的感觉变为3星，最后变为2星，最后简直对自己浪费的时间追悔莫及。大家一定要慎重。 瑞典，偏居一隅，没有受到二战的摧残，人均自然资源丰富，为了自保勾结德国，连脸都不要了，还好意思颁诺贝尔奖给世界。 美...

读完了还是没找到开头提到各种问题的答案。内容很丰富，但是感觉更多是提出出问题后从不同方面讨论，并没有很明确的观点，导致我看的时候一直有点找不到主线云里雾里的感觉。更像教科书 但是思路和结构不太清晰。也许是本来就是抛砖引玉的书吧？  

用户评价

有点枯燥，但是其中对于援助第三世界反而带来的负面影响令人印象深刻。

整本书就是一篇paper 就能说清的事，罗罗嗦嗦写那么多

自强不息是正路~

从物质财富和健康两方面讨论不平等，明明数据很少又不准也要硬性搞定量。来回来去的在那里storytelling，最后重点都丢了。最后一章有点意思，援助是新殖民主义吗？

PS 645: The Place of Economic Performance in Human Well-Being