瞿宛文的部落格江小涓：新中国70年对外开放研究的几点思考
From: 请收藏 中国人民大学经济学院 2019/11/20 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg2NDEyMzI5Mw==&mid=2247485975&idx=2&sn=5f869e1fa04f2ba358bf4925b8953d8d&chksm=ce6f6ae5f918e3f3eba1d624f98065e1cd460b34701e304ae7bfcd8c712bac6744d1a29b5703&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=1121RuBPILEtcX8VDcuZXHna&sharer_sharetime=1574306533943&sharer_shareid=f14234539e09a08e77a9206f4cc494e3&pass_ticket=s17Su4TLr6BdoCuczTRDuXR2WHlwL2FlZu5wq5fvuaMQzeXiTpskXIq%2BactxSV%2F%2F#rd 我就中国开放问题的研究谈四个具体问题的体会，向老师汇报，向同事请教，与同学分享。我的讲话核心就是如何研究现实问题。第一，关于前30年的建设，贴的是“闭关锁国”的标签，我认为这个标签是不恰当的。其实新中国在最早的30年当中，是以大规模引进技术设备展开的工业化过程。第二是在90年代中期的时候，在国内资金在已经过剩的情况下，国内的产业受到进口企业巨大的冲击，为什么还要引进外资？这是一段很有名的经历，我们也被扣过很多帽子，但是现在看当时我们的做法应该是对的。第三，很多人说，中国参加全球分工体系是吃亏的，造一台手机在国外卖800美金，我们只得100块人民币。第四就是内外资企业竞争，外资看上去很厉害，此时市场还能不能有效发挥作用？这四点是我亲历过的事情，我分享一下研究的体会。
亚当·图茨 | 民主及其不满
From: 法意编译 法意读书 2019/11/19 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5MDk2NzczMQ==&mid=2651244578&idx=1&sn=e089e7440665728225a33a3f944a3a38&chksm=8bf1f3febc867ae8eb7012f01e9f684f0401333af3e0950ae9b92eb6b8677a61d10e343c9a85&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=&sharer_sharetime=1574226613485&sharer_shareid=f14234539e09a08e77a9206f4cc494e3&pass_ticket=GLl%2BNLFDelsPU4nC56aOWoiAEVbIA9xbows103Pg3vLz8shPFxtov9xvXNdg5bgd#rd 法意导言 可以说，当前西方的自由民主制度已经遭遇到了系统性危机。在英国脱欧、特朗普当选等一连串“黑天鹅效应”事件接连发生后，我们不禁思考，民主制度是否已走到盡頭？甚至有观点认为，当前的政治紧张局势与1930年代民族主义和独裁统治崛起给民主带来的压力有异曲同工之处。哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、欧洲研究所所长亚当·图兹（Adam Tooze）于2019年6月6日在《纽约书评》（The New York Review of Books）上撰文，对民主危机的各方观点进行点评，并着重分析了大卫·朗西曼教授关于民主制度是否死亡的讨论。本文认为，对历史上的危机进行分析或有裨益。
40% of multinational profits are shifted to tax havens each year
Economists without borders https://missingprofits.world/?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0 Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen estimate that close to 40% of multinational profits (more than $650 billion in 2016) are shifted to tax havens each year. This shifting reduces corporate income tax revenue by nearly $200 billion, or 10% of global corporate tax receipts. […]
Wolf: why the US economy isn’t as competitive or free as you think FT
2019-11-14 Financial Times Martin Wolf reviews “The Great Reversal” by Thomas Philippon Philippon summarises: The US markets have become less competitive; this lack of competition hurts consumers and workers; the main explanation is political, not technological. The decrease in competition was due to increasing barriers to entry and weak antitrust enforcement, sustained by heavy lobbying […]
Graeber: Against Economics
David Graeber DECEMBER 5, 2019 ISSUE, The New York Review of Books Money and Government: The Past and Future of Economics by Robert Skidelsky Yale University Press, 492 pp., $35.00 https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/05/against-economics/?fbclid=IwAR3rI0zSAa-LA20XRpIlC7VRebkugOjBEySKgAdbt5XCkqIs_5z-lVg81Ws&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0 There is a growing feeling, among those who have the responsibility of managing large economies, that the discipline of economics is no longer fit […]