Power And Prosperity
内容简介
This final work by a world-renowned economist will take its place among the classics of political economy Why do some economies do better than others? How does society encourage the kind of market economy that generates continually increasing incomes? How do particular styles of government affect economic performance? World-renowned economist Mancur Olson tackles these questions and others in what will surely be regarded as his magnum opus. Olson contends that governments can play an essential role in the development of markets. Reliable enforcement of private contracts and protection of individual rights to property depend on governments strong enough not to undermine them. His exploration of "market-augmenting governments" will stand as a cutting-edge work on economic growth and provide a useful framework in which to consider the Asian financial crisis and its aftermath. As Susan Lee noted in Forbes, "his pioneering insights might have won a Nobel Prize for Olson had he lived a bit longer." "Power and Prosperity is an important book, written with clarity and verve. It is a great misfortune that Mancur Olson is not here to respond to the debates that it will surely provoke." -The Wall Street Journal
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作者简介
Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmænsər/ or /ˈmæŋkər/; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park. Among other areas, he made contributions to institutional economics on the role of private property, taxation, public goods, collective action and contract rights in economic development. Olson focused on the logical basis of interest group membership and participation. The reigning political theories of his day granted groups an almost primordial status. Some appealed to a natural human instinct for herding, others ascribed the formation of groups that are rooted in kinship to the process of modernization. Olson offered a radically different account of the logical basis of organized collective action.
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读书文摘
当我们从什么是对繁荣最有利的因素转到什么是对繁荣最不利的因素时，人们比较一致的看法就是：当存在激励因素促使人们去攫取而不是创造，也就是从掠夺而不是从生产或者互为有利的行为中获得更多收益的时候，那么社会就会陷入低谷。
在一个绝对主义统治的政权下，如果存在谁可能是下任统治者的共识，那么这对所有人都是有好处的。即使在当代也是如此，因为这不仅会减少围绕继承问题的战争，也会增加经济信心以及投资、收入和税收所得。
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