29. January 2021 · Comments Off on A Free Market Manifesto That Changed the World, Reconsidered · Categories: 反思經濟學, 國際經濟情勢


Introduction by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Published Sept. 11, 2020, Updated Sept. 14, 2020
Milton Friedman’s libertarian economics influenced presidents and inspired “greed is good.” So what did Friedman get right — and wrong? Today’s business leaders and economists weigh in.
Sept. 13 is the 50th anniversary of a seminal moment in the world of business: the publication of Milton Friedman’s essay in The New York Times Magazine entitled “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.”
Friedman, who died in 2006 at the age of 94, was no mere economist; he was a kind of celebrity. He became a regular on the talk-show circuit. PBS even gave him a 10-part series. His economic theories, among the most consequential of the 20th century, still hold sway over large parts of corporate America, maybe none more so than this 1970 manifesto on corporate governance. (For more on the historical context in which Friedman’s essay landed, see this essay by Kurt Andersen.) At DealBook, we wanted to mark the occasion by stirring a series of discussions and debates. So, in conjunction with The Times Magazine, we assembled 22 experts — including C.E.O.s, Nobel laureate economists and top think-tank leaders — and asked them to respond to Friedman’s essay. Some cited specific passages, and some took on (and took issue with) Friedman’s entire argument.

29. January 2021 · Comments Off on 檢討精英體制 · Categories: 國際經濟情勢

FT 曾推薦以下書籍
《头、手、心:在21世纪为尊严和地位而奋斗》(Head, Hand, Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century),戴维•古德哈特著,Allen Lane出版,建议零售价:20英镑/Free Press出版,建议零售价:27美元,368页

《择优的暴政:公共利益变成了什么?》(The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?),迈克•桑德尔著, Farrar, Straus and Giroux出版,建议零售价:28美元/Allen Lane 出版,建议零售价20英镑,288页

《精英体制的危机:二战以来英国向大众教育的转型》(The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Education Since the Second World War),彼得•曼德勒著,牛津大学出版社(Oxford University Press)出版,建议零售价:25英镑,384页

27. January 2021 · Comments Off on 弗朗西斯•福山:美国衰败已经腐烂入骨,特朗普时代让美国病入膏肓【时政述评】 · Categories: 國際經濟情勢

国政学人 欧亚系统科学研究会 2021/1/21
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIwOTYzMTIyNQ==&mid=2247489136&idx=1&sn=816770fe00ebbbdae4002b49430a5780&chksm=9771b4e6a0063df089b6a5a76b1fd2de05d206bdd37bae1683c9ee704f1b818dd28dcb1f67d5&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0121RCu4ZdrRzcnJgzFRB19r&sharer_sharetime=1611734380618&sharer_shareid=f14234539e09a08e77a9206f4cc494e3&exportkey=AgDvfEoLWiwPo4xInYpAJ2M%3D&pass_ticket=Jcb4nCy9Isbf69wrmfdAcr6lOHfBzdRBaa7qqnpAMkfeJfxSLybdNo2QvJBnWTv2&wx_header=0#rd
【来源】Francis Fukuyama, “Rotten to the Core? How America’s Political Decay Accelerated During the Trump Era,” Foreign Affairs, 2021-01-18, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-01-18/rotten-core
与此同时,引发这场危机的根源仍然没有改变。美国政府仍然被强大的精英集团所控制,这些精英为了自己的利益而扭曲政策,破坏整个政权的合法性。而且美国政治体系仍然过于僵化,无法进行自我改革。然而,情况以意想不到的方式发生了变化。两种新出现的现象使情况大为恶化:新的通信技术使民主审议的共同事实基础消失,曾经“蓝”和“红”派别之间的政策差异已固化为文化认同上的分歧。