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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。
Patently ridiculous, but intriguing nonetheless.
评分Isaiah Berlin divided thinkers into two sorts—foxes and hedgehogs—following Archilochus’s adage: 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog one big thing.' -- Robert C. Allen
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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!!!!
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