具体描述
EconoPower will provide you with a firm understanding of the influence of modern economics and how it can be used to improve the world we live in. It offers practical advice on numerous personal financial matters—earning, saving, investing, and retiring—based on the breakthrough contributions of behavioral economists. And it looks at how economists are working successfully on issues such as public education, crime, and global warming. EconoPower also examines how a new economic philosophy may dominate the new millennium.
作者简介
Mark Skousen is a professional economist, investment expert, university
professor, and author of over 25 books. Currently he holds the Benjamin
Franklin Chair of Management at Grantham University. In 2004 – 2005,
he taught economics and fi nance at Columbia Business School and
Columbia University, Mercy College, an Rollius College. Since 1980,
Skousen has been editor in chief of Forecasts & Strategies, a popular award -
winning investment newsletter ( www.markskousen.com ). He is also editor
of The Worldly Philosophers, a weekly e - letter ( www.worldlyphilosophers.
com ). He is a former analyst for the CIA, a columnist to Forbes magazine,
and past president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
in New York. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the
Christian Science Monitor, and is a regular contributor to CNBC’s Kudlow
& Co. His bestsellers include The Making of Modern Economics and The Big
Three in Economics. He compiled and edited The Compleated Autobiography
by Benjamin Franklin (Regnery, 2007). In honor of his work in economics,
fi nance, and management, Grantham University renamed its business
school, “ The Mark Skousen School of Business. ”
目录信息
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: A Golden Age of Discovery 1
Part One: Personal Finance: Earning, Saving,
Investing, and Retiring 15
Chapter 1: Economist Discovers a Painless Way to Triple Your
Savings Rate: The $90 Billion Opportunity 17
Chapter 2: Modern Portfolio Theory: Can You
Beat the Market? 25
Chapter 3: Yes, You Can Beat the Market . . . with Less Risk 31
Chapter 4: High-Return Investing: Lessons from Yale’s
Endowment Fund 41
Chapter 5: How Chile Created a Worker-Capitalist
Revolution 47
Chapter 6: The Call for Social Security Reform 53
Chapter 7: $4,000 a Month from Social Security? 57
Chapter 8: How the Private Sector Solved Its Own
Pension Crisis 61
Chapter 9: The Four Sources of Happiness: Is
Money One of Them? 65
Part Two: Economists Enter the
Corporate Boardroom 69
Chapter 10: Improving the Bottom Line with EVA 71
Chapter 11: How Ludwig von Mises Helped Create
the World’s Largest Private Company 75
Part Three: Solving Domestic Problems 81
Chapter 12: Look, Ma’am, No Traffi c Jams! 83
Chapter 13: Patient Power: The New Consumer-Driven
Medical Plan 93
Chapter 14: Back to Basics: Competition Enters the Classroom 103
Chapter 15: Chicago Gun Show 107
Chapter 16: Economists Catch Auction Fever 113
Chapter 17: If You Built It Privately . . . They Will Come:
The Economics of Sports Stadiums 125
Chapter 18: Who Is Henry Spearman? Economics
of the Mystery Novel 131
Part Four: Solving International Problems 135
Chapter 19: Eco-nomics Debate: Angry Planet or
Beautiful World? 137
Chapter 20: The Population Bomb: Economists Enter
the Malthusian Debate 143
Chapter 21: A Private-Sector Solution to Extreme Poverty 147
Chapter 22: Poverty and Wealth: India versus Hong Kong 153
Chapter 23: How Real Is the Asian Economic Miracle? 157
Chapter 24: Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? 163
Chapter 25: The Irish Economic Miracle: Can
We Grow Faster? 167
Chapter 26: The Marginal Tax Revolution:
The Laffer Curve Goes Global 171
Chapter 27: The Debate over Economic Inequality:
The Rich Get Richer, and the Poor Get . . . 177
Chapter 28: One Graph Says It All: The Development of the
Economic Freedom Index 185
Chapter 29: Amazing Graph: Economists Enter Sacred Ground 197
Chapter 30: Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men:
The Case for Religious Competition 201
Part Five: Predicting the Future 205
Chapter 31: New Yale Forecasting Model: Has the Irving
Fisher Curse Been Lifted? 207
Chapter 32: Forecasting Elections: Economists Do It Better! 213
Chapter 33: What Drives the Economy and Stocks:
Consumer Spending or Business Investment? 217
Chapter 34: The Midas Metal: A Golden Comeback 225
Chapter 35: Is Another Great Depression Possible? 233
Chapter 36: Today’s Most Infl uential Economist? 239
Chapter 37: Economics for the 21st Century 243
Notes 247
About the Author 265
Index 267
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评分p xi Indeed the best form of welfare will always be a good, high-paying job. p 5 Seven Power Tools of Economics: 1. Accountability 2. Economizing and cost-benefit analysis 3. Saving and investment 4. Incentives 5. Competition and choice 6. Entrepreneurship...
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