格裏高利·剋拉剋,加州大學戴維斯分校經濟係主任,著名經濟史研究專傢。
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.</p>
Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education.</p>
The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations.</p>
A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.</p>
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如果你想從這本書中看到一些離經叛道的新東西…… 你被耍瞭…… 大體上本書前一半兒類似馬爾薩斯的人口論,後一半似乎藉鑒瞭索洛模型來描述經濟增長。全書摻雜瞭各種傢的各種論,資本論,進化論…… 本書旨在解決三個問題 1 為什麼馬爾薩斯經濟(技術革新導緻人口增長而不是收...
評分瀑布與汲泵 輝格 2014年5月7日 http://headsalon.org/archives/5153.html 人們在評價一個社會時,常把階層間的流動性作為一個重要指標,認為適當的流動性是一個健康而有活力社會的應有特性,它可以為奮鬥、進取和各種創造性活動提供動力,讓身處下層者不至於喪失希望而産生反...
評分終於看完瞭格裏高利.剋拉剋的《a Farewell to Alms:a Brief Economic History of the World》,來這裏談談自己的看法。 看瞭一些評論,不少人在推薦這本書,這些人主要是專業的學者;不少人也在鄙視這本書,認為這本書沒什麼價值,就如我在豆瓣這裏看到的。我要說的是,這本書...
評分如果你想從這本書中看到一些離經叛道的新東西…… 你被耍瞭…… 大體上本書前一半兒類似馬爾薩斯的人口論,後一半似乎藉鑒瞭索洛模型來描述經濟增長。全書摻雜瞭各種傢的各種論,資本論,進化論…… 本書旨在解決三個問題 1 為什麼馬爾薩斯經濟(技術革新導緻人口增長而不是收...
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iTunes U和Youtube上有Clark 09年以他這本書為課本的World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution的授課視頻全集!是的Clark實在太萌瞭,講課時對經濟史的熱情真是溢於言錶啊~本是看書纍瞭調劑一下,結果欲罷不能地看瞭好多【←咦效率真低...】
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評分天啊,我終於看完這本書瞭 ,曆時太久我差點忘記前麵的內容。總體來說,工業革命是人類經濟史上的重大轉摺,由此擺脫瞭人口和生活水平負相關的馬爾薩斯理論。有意思的是本書提齣瞭很多理論,然後一一舉例反駁。縱然我不一定記得全部,好歹以後看到一項理論不會盲目相信。 還有進化論選擇的工業革命的人的性格,我覺得這個可以解釋貧富國傢間efficiency的部分差彆。當然索托說瞭,這跟人無關,隻跟産權製度相關。保留意見啊,因為我覺得都有關啊!!!!
評分天啊,我終於看完這本書瞭 ,曆時太久我差點忘記前麵的內容。總體來說,工業革命是人類經濟史上的重大轉摺,由此擺脫瞭人口和生活水平負相關的馬爾薩斯理論。有意思的是本書提齣瞭很多理論,然後一一舉例反駁。縱然我不一定記得全部,好歹以後看到一項理論不會盲目相信。 還有進化論選擇的工業革命的人的性格,我覺得這個可以解釋貧富國傢間efficiency的部分差彆。當然索托說瞭,這跟人無關,隻跟産權製度相關。保留意見啊,因為我覺得都有關啊!!!!
A Farewell to Alms 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載