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>
格里高利·克拉克,加州大学戴维斯分校经济系主任,著名经济史研究专家。
翻译有几处错误,如下。 P185: 新的资本存量水平上,每新增1单位的资本就会使产出再增加dy0。 因此,只要利率保持不变,创新就会使得物质资本投资减少。 原文是induce,译者估计误认为reduce,所以完全弄反了。作者的意思是创新会导致物质资本投资。 P223 事实上,如果人口没...
评分转帖: 大家是否想过,为什麽造就西方世界荣景的工业革命会滥觞于英国?为什麽不是中国、印度或日本?这一切不是因为英国的煤矿、殖民地、宗教改革、启蒙运动,而是英国的人口素质所致。《告别施捨》的作者葛瑞里‧克拉克认为,英国的人口在1300至1760年期间成长缓慢,但此时...
评分* 尽管从人类起源至今,人类的技术水平有个很大提高,但人类生活水平的真正提高,是最近200年,工业革命以后的事。因为在这之前,人类无法摆脱“马尔萨斯陷阱”的制约,技术进步的结果,产生了更多的人口,结果人均收入水平,并没提高。换句话说,在克拉克看来,即使是1800...
评分1、 在我固有的书单里,应该不会出现这样一本书,即便它的名字叫《应该读点经济史》。 对于这类略带强势的标题我一般都敬而远之,比如你必须知道的**一类书,我会想我不知道的时候过得也挺好;另外,对于经济学一类的书,我很少有勇气拿起来看。 在我读大学的时候,有相当长...
评分1、 在我固有的书单里,应该不会出现这样一本书,即便它的名字叫《应该读点经济史》。 对于这类略带强势的标题我一般都敬而远之,比如你必须知道的**一类书,我会想我不知道的时候过得也挺好;另外,对于经济学一类的书,我很少有勇气拿起来看。 在我读大学的时候,有相当长...
数据太多轶闻太少,读起来还是很无趣的,不过有趣的观点真的挺多。
评分数据太多轶闻太少,读起来还是很无趣的,不过有趣的观点真的挺多。
评分天啊,我终于看完这本书了 ,历时太久我差点忘记前面的内容。总体来说,工业革命是人类经济史上的重大转折,由此摆脱了人口和生活水平负相关的马尔萨斯理论。有意思的是本书提出了很多理论,然后一一举例反驳。纵然我不一定记得全部,好歹以后看到一项理论不会盲目相信。 还有进化论选择的工业革命的人的性格,我觉得这个可以解释贫富国家间efficiency的部分差别。当然索托说了,这跟人无关,只跟产权制度相关。保留意见啊,因为我觉得都有关啊!!!!
评分数据太多轶闻太少,读起来还是很无趣的,不过有趣的观点真的挺多。
评分have the honor to take the class of the author, who is a kind and excellent professor!
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