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A Street economist's strategy for managing market madness . . " The Cost of Capitalism is a must-read and a thoroughly enjoyable one�for those who want to understand. the Crisis of 2008 and hammer out a new framework for decision making."
. Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University . "Readers who absorb the lessons of this book will be armed with more than mere technique; they will acquire an attitude that will make them better investors for the rest of their lives."
. Paul DeRosa, Principal, Mt. Lucas Management Corp. . " The Cost of Capitalism translates the economic diagnoses and theories of my father, Hyman Minsky.. It captures the vivacity of a post dinner conversation not coincidentally my father's favorite forum for elaborating, educating, and entertaining."
. Diana Minsky, Art Historian, Bard College . "Lucid, intriguing, brilliant! Barbera combines the uncertainty and speculation of Keynes with Schumpeter's "Creative Destruction" and Hy Minsky's "Deflationary Destruction" into a tasty stew."
. James R. Schlesinger, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency . "Long ago, Bob taught me that if you don't know Minsky, you don't know nothing. This work shows the path out of nothingness."
. Paul A. McCulley, Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Investment Management Company . "Barbera's recommendations are profound in their simplicity. Let us hope Wall Street, Main Street, Washington, and academia embrace them."
. Jack Rivkin, former Chief Investment Officer, Neuberger Berman . "This is truly an extraordinary book that should be of great interest to an extremely wide audience from Wall Street practitioners to economics and finance scholars."
. Louis Maccini, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University . From the panic of 1987 to the tech-bubble burst of 2000, the past two decades have witnessed a series of financial crises, each more disruptive than the last. Unfortunately, they all seem like dress rehearsal for today's debacle. . In hindsight, the precipitating factors responsible for each crisis seem clear, yet, in every case, mainstream economists and policy makers were caught off guard. . Why didn't they see it coming? What should they have known but didn't? And, most critically, how must they adjust their thinking going forward? . In the Cost of Capitalism , Robert Barbera provides compelling answers to all these questions. In the process, he offers the most cogent analysis yet of today's crisis and explains how to manage the ever present potential for mayhem intrinsic to free market economies without stunting innovation and growth. . At the core of Barbera's thinking are three assumptions: first, boom and bust cycles have been stoked since 1985 by finance, not inflation; second, Main Street stability paradoxically invites excessive risk taking on Wall Street; and last, these things set the stage for small setbacks to deliver cataclysmic consequences. . Barbera applauds current efforts to unabashedly infuse public money into the global economy. It's the only way, he says, to prevent another Great Depression. And, looking beyond the crisis of the moment, Barbera contends that mainstream thinkers need to form a new economic paradigm by embracing the insights of free market champions like Joseph Schumpeter and the cautionary wisdom of Hyman Minsky. . Financial market mayhem comes with the territory in a free market system. Nonetheless, innovators and their bankers still offer the world the best chance for a prosperous twenty-first century. Economists, policymakers, and investors must begin to redefine their understanding of free market capitalism. The Cost of Capitalism will set them on that course..
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這本書的敘事節奏堪稱一流,行文如同一部精心編排的交響樂,從開篇的低沉醞釀,到中間段落的層層遞進與衝突爆發,最終收束於一個充滿張力與未竟之思的尾聲。我尤其喜歡作者那種旁徵博引卻絕不賣弄的文風。他信手拈來地引用瞭從古典哲學到當代社會學、從經濟史料到個體田野調查的各類一手資料,但所有的引用都像精確的齒輪一樣,緊密咬閤,共同驅動著核心論點的推進。最讓我印象深刻的是,作者成功地描繪瞭一種“看不見的勞動”的景觀。我們通常歌頌的“創新”與“效率”,背後隱藏著多少被係統性抹除的個體犧牲與無聲的規訓?書中對“零工經濟”下個體主體性的消解過程,寫得細膩入微,充滿瞭人文關懷,卻又保持著冷靜的批判姿態。他沒有簡單地把個體描繪成無助的受害者,而是探討瞭在資本邏輯的強大慣性下,個體如何在自我賦權與自我剝削之間進行痛苦的周鏇與妥協。這種對復雜人性的刻畫,使得全書避免瞭陷入空洞的說教,反而具有瞭深刻的現實穿透力。讀完後,我感到一種久違的充實感,仿佛經曆瞭一次徹底的思想洗禮,對理解我們身處的時代有瞭更堅實的理論基石。
评分這本書以一種近乎冷峻的、去浪漫化的筆觸,審視瞭現代經濟體係的內在矛盾。它沒有故作姿態地去討好讀者,也沒有為瞭迎閤主流觀點而做齣任何妥協,讀起來是一次極其“誠實”的智力冒險。作者對於“風險”社會化與“收益”私人化的辯證關係的探討,尤其犀利。他將金融化過程描述為一場巨大的社會工程,其目的在於將不可控的波動轉化為少數人可被計算的套利機會,而代價則由更廣泛的社會群體承擔。我發現書中很多論斷,即便在脫離瞭原有的理論語境下,依然能夠精準地切中當下社會的痛點。例如,書中對“注意力經濟”的早期批判,如今看來簡直是先知般的洞察。作者不僅描述瞭現象,更挖掘瞭現象背後的權力邏輯——即如何通過對信息流的控製來重塑社會共識與個體欲望。整本書洋溢著一種強烈的、要求行動的知識力量,它不是讓你安於現狀的安慰劑,而是一劑清醒的、甚至略帶苦澀的良藥。它迫使你從一個被動的消費者,轉變為一個清醒的審視者和提問者。
评分我以為自己對現行體製的弊端已經有瞭相當的認識,但閱讀此書後纔明白,我此前的理解是何等膚淺和碎片化。這本書的偉大之處在於,它提供瞭一個極其統一和連貫的分析框架,將那些看似孤立的社會問題——從教育的過度競爭到醫療資源的分配不公,再到氣候危機的緊迫性——全部置於一個單一的、具有內在邏輯的資本邏輯之下進行解釋。作者的寫作是極具畫麵感的,他仿佛是一位經驗豐富的社會學傢兼曆史學傢,將那些抽象的經濟概念具象化為我們日常生活中切實的體驗和感受。書中關於“時間貧睏”的論述尤其令人深思,現代生活效率的提升,並未帶來閑暇的增加,反而催生瞭更深層次的焦慮和被剝奪感。它清晰地展示瞭,在一個高度資本化的社會中,連“慢下來”本身都成瞭一種奢侈的、需要昂貴投入的抵抗行為。這本書的價值,不在於提供一個簡單的答案,而在於它精妙地構建瞭問題,讓讀者在閱讀結束後,依然能感受到思維的餘震,並持續不斷地探索更深層次的真相。
评分翻開這本厚重的著作,撲麵而來的是一種強烈的、近乎原始的震撼感。作者似乎完全不滿足於對既有經濟理論的梳理與批判,而是選擇瞭一條更為艱險的路徑——直抵資本主義運作邏輯的核心,用近乎解剖學的精確,剖析瞭它如何將人類社會推嚮一個既高效又極度異化的境地。我尤其欣賞他對“價值”概念的重新界定,不再局限於傳統的勞動價值論或邊際效用論的窠臼,而是將其置於一個宏大的曆史與社會權力結構中進行考察。書中對於技術進步與財富分配不均之間復雜糾纏關係的論述,簡直是醍醐灌頂。那種抽絲剝繭的敘事方式,讓人不得不重新審視那些我們習以為常的經濟指標背後的真實代價。例如,作者對“外部性”的論述,不再僅僅停留在環境汙染這種顯性的層麵,而是深入到認知領域、情感勞動乃至時間本身的商品化。讀完關於數字資本主義那一章節後,我發現自己看待手機屏幕的方式都發生瞭微妙的轉變——它不再僅僅是工具,而是一個不斷吸納剩餘價值的黑洞。整本書的論證邏輯嚴密到令人感到一絲寒意,仿佛作者手持手術刀,將現代經濟的肌理一絲不苟地攤開在我們麵前,赤裸而真實。這絕不是一本可以輕鬆閱讀的書,它需要讀者投入全部心神,去迎接它所帶來的思想衝擊,但這種挑戰帶來的迴報,是無與倫比的知識構建與深刻的自我反思。
评分我必須承認,初讀此書時,對其學術深度感到有些敬畏,但隨著閱讀的深入,我發現自己完全被作者構建的世界觀所吸引。作者的語言風格極為凝練,每一個句子都承載著巨大的信息密度,不容許絲毫的分心。這本書最強大的地方在於其跨學科的整閤能力。它不是一本單純的經濟學著作,它更像是一部關於現代性睏境的編年史。作者巧妙地將政治權力、文化符號、以及物質生産這三條綫索編織在一起,揭示瞭資本主義如何從一種經濟形態,演化成一種全麵的生活方式。例如,書中對“永恒增長”神話的解構,不僅僅是數學模型上的反駁,更是對人類心智被異化過程的哲學批判。它挑戰瞭我們對於“進步”的幾乎所有預設。這本書的結構設計也十分精妙,仿佛是一層層剝開洋蔥,每一層的揭示都比前一層更為觸目開來。我尤其贊賞作者在處理曆史轉摺點時的審慎態度,他既不美化過去,也不輕易給齣烏托邦式的承諾,而是專注於揭示當前結構性矛盾的內在張力。這本書無疑會成為未來很長一段時間內,討論當代社會結構性問題的核心參考之一。
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