December, 2019
NYT Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise
Can high taxes be good for business? You bet. By Anu Partanen and Trevor Corson Dec. 7, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/opinion/sunday/finland-socialism-capitalism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
第305期 | Jürgen Kocka:关于资本主义的纷争
Jürgen Kocka 实验主义治理 2019/11/18 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MTE0MjQ1Nw==&mid=2650323123&idx=1&sn=7b106db355f297398882c5e26a8600bc&chksm=beb61fe589c196f344b4d1a96327d06270ede9182a221196c8a7a794434abe95eed2e5d8eb45&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=&sharer_sharetime=1575619876169&sharer_shareid=f14234539e09a08e77a9206f4cc494e3&exportkey=AqKmLXeTw5nyLjwszew%2BQHI%3D&pass_ticket=cT1PscxMid%2BqKIEWjGMWPPslguRuVnQopE8y6ozNFzwW0IVjtST4sRxz5VeM7ZZg#rd 他此次报告是关于”资本主义“这个大家极为熟悉的”概念“。但正如黑格尔所说,”熟知非真知“。科卡注意到,形容词”capitalist”要比名词 “capitalism”被使用早的多,也广泛的多。他希望发展一个关于”资本主义“的定义,使得”资本主义“窄于”市场经济“ 而又宽于基于大规模工资劳动的”工业资本主义“。他的”资本主义“定义包含三个要素:非中心化,商品化和积累( decentralization, commodification and accumulation)。
Wolf: How to reform today’s rigged capitalism FT
Martin Wolf, Financial Times, 2019/12/4 https://www.ft.com/content/4cf2d6ee-14f5-11ea-8d73-6303645ac406 Wolf:當中產階級少於社會一半時,民主制度的穩定會有問題。如今西方尤其如英美兩國等問題越趨嚴重,該如何? 他提出1增加競爭程度,加強競爭法執法,減少併購;2 加強管制金融(百多來金融成本未降),如提高金融機構的capital requirements,取消利息抵減賦稅;3 修法限制企業遊說; 4 關於不平等加劇的問題,應加強關閉賦稅漏洞,加強社會政策; 5 改革政治體制。
沈建光:2020年:中国经济需要“保6”吗?
沈建光博士宏观研究 2019/12/5 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3MzA1MjEwMA==&mid=2650142203&idx=1&sn=e7dd7885b0f8fd9ee5ce27a315fe7111&chksm=8715af50b062264618b0e882ff64fdbfaed648c3dee678087bc0a209e1cc8b519c620695a3b6&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=1205JzZdWGlsxBHtA29EFCyw&sharer_sharetime=1575531476223&sharer_shareid=13e84f414209e25ae8773a30744726a4&exportkey=All6jmtAOeSxZ%2Ba0B1c83Q8%3D&pass_ticket=%2B%2BZM2UqM2u3HuUUkalDjsk%2Ff1Of%2BKKJgiRSSO7vnTKQi0ibJKQuedsRPFXv1JEDA#rd 2020年不应当把目标定为“保6”,主要原因有三点:一是中国已经采取一定刺激措施,但效果不佳;二是外部环境仍存在较大不确定性;三是过去的强刺激措施留下诸多后遗症,如果为“保6”而重启强刺激,可能影响防风险等政策目标完成,从而得不偿失。
The Economist: Does the economy affect elections any more?
Robots may have swung the 2016 presidential election in America Finance and economics, Nov 28th 2019 edition https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/11/28/does-the-economy-affect-elections-any-more?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/2019122n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/ap/353090/n But politics has changed. Today’s most heated debates concern issues of identity and culture—openness to immigrants or free trade; attitudes to abortion or transgender bathrooms. Has the economy stopped mattering to voters?