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.
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
發表於2024-11-04
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好瞭,今年的諾貝爾經濟學奬頒布瞭!瑞典人把奬給瞭同樣研究經濟不平等問題的Angus Deaton 他和皮凱堤的觀點基本相同,而且研究的更早,提齣瞭人類壽命和社會的平等度是成正相關的,說明瞭為什麼社會不平等是有害的:人的壽命更短。 不同在於他更加柔和,沒有皮凱蒂那麼強的政...
評分 評分 評分好瞭,今年的諾貝爾經濟學奬頒布瞭!瑞典人把奬給瞭同樣研究經濟不平等問題的Angus Deaton 他和皮凱堤的觀點基本相同,而且研究的更早,提齣瞭人類壽命和社會的平等度是成正相關的,說明瞭為什麼社會不平等是有害的:人的壽命更短。 不同在於他更加柔和,沒有皮凱蒂那麼強的政...
評分這本書就是諾貝爾經濟學奬為 joke 的明證。一章一章看過去,從4星的感覺變為3星,最後變為2星,最後簡直對自己浪費的時間追悔莫及。大傢一定要慎重。 瑞典,偏居一隅,沒有受到二戰的摧殘,人均自然資源豐富,為瞭自保勾結德國,連臉都不要瞭,還好意思頒諾貝爾奬給世界。 美...
圖書標籤: 經濟學 發展經濟學 經濟史 社會學/人類學 economics 經濟 社會學 society-social-sci
PS 645: The Place of Economic Performance in Human Well-Being
評分不,我是想說我放棄瞭“在讀”。
評分聽完The Meritocracy Trap之後audible推薦給我的,但是我聽不下去。感覺中心意思就是要說public health和medical science的前進,以及經濟的發展(尤其是以中國為代錶的發展中國傢脫貧項目),造成瞭人類今天比幾十年幾百年前生活好很多——兒童死亡率下降,平均壽命增加,物質生活豐富。但是這些進步,在有些時候和地方卻阻止瞭進一步的階層流通的整體進步——可是這後一點,本來應該是書裏點睛的重點部分,卻遠遠沒有得到足夠的闡釋,給我的感覺反而是整本書在不斷重復各種數字和證據,未免乏味。
評分從物質財富和健康兩方麵討論不平等,明明數據很少又不準也要硬性搞定量。來迴來去的在那裏storytelling,最後重點都丟瞭。最後一章有點意思,援助是新殖民主義嗎?
評分聽完The Meritocracy Trap之後audible推薦給我的,但是我聽不下去。感覺中心意思就是要說public health和medical science的前進,以及經濟的發展(尤其是以中國為代錶的發展中國傢脫貧項目),造成瞭人類今天比幾十年幾百年前生活好很多——兒童死亡率下降,平均壽命增加,物質生活豐富。但是這些進步,在有些時候和地方卻阻止瞭進一步的階層流通的整體進步——可是這後一點,本來應該是書裏點睛的重點部分,卻遠遠沒有得到足夠的闡釋,給我的感覺反而是整本書在不斷重復各種數字和證據,未免乏味。
The Great Escape 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載