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>
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...
評分 評分若干年前,美国加州大学教授格雷 戈里·克拉克写了本经济史,讨论英国工 业革命的产生。书名《告别匮乏》(A Farewel to Alms)——显然是套用海明威 小说标题《告别武器》(A Farewell to Arms)。工业革命之前,英国的城市很航 脏,瘟疫流行,每代人都有三分之一早 死。人回靠...
評分如果你想从这本书中看到一些离经叛道的新东西…… 你被耍了…… 大体上本书前一半儿类似马尔萨斯的人口论,后一半似乎借鉴了索洛模型来描述经济增长。全书掺杂了各种家的各种论,资本论,进化论…… 本书旨在解决三个问题 1 为什么马尔萨斯经济(技术革新导致人口增长而不是收...
評分看过英文原版了。台湾繁体字版翻译为《告別施捨:世界經濟簡史》(A Farewell to Alms)。网上已经有不少评论了。 这书里都是作者自己的逻辑和论证。 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4af8e74101008fdl.html http://www.strongwind.com.hk/article.aspx?id=7218
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评分have the honor to take the class of the author, who is a kind and excellent professor!
评分算是對我的經濟史開濛吧。感覺作者把主觀點在導言裏就差不多說完瞭,整本書都是佐證。
评分我之前看過的曆史,多是關於政治影響力大的人物們的事情。而我覺得,這是遠遠不夠的,我感興趣的曆史更在於經濟史,文藝史,科技史等。這部人類經濟史,脈絡清晰,觀點明確,有很多我以前沒想到的數據來源。
评分Truly insightful and rewarding. The intellectual honesty and seriousness demonstrated in this book is breathtaking. Deserves a reread and note taking.
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