瞿宛文的部落格Krugman: The Mundell difference
https://voxeu.org/article/mundell-difference Paul Krugman 12 April 2021, VOXEU Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell passed away on 4 April 2021. In this column, Paul Krugman describes the evolution of Mundell’s contribution to economic thought and policy, from his early pathbreaking models that remain the foundation of modern international macroeconomics to his later views that were more controversial and […]
NYT: Krugman Wonks Out: Why Was Trump’s Signature Policy Such a Flop?
The abject failure surprised even the critics. NYT, April 9, 2021 Today’s column is about the Biden administration’s proposal for corporate tax reform — a term I use advisedly. For this isn’t just about raising the tax rate, although that’s part of it. It’s also an attempt to crack down on tax avoidance, in particular […]
帝国回旋镖效应④｜法国如何利用殖民手段在巴黎屠杀阿尔及利亚人
原创 澎湃思想市场 澎湃思想市场 2021/4/7 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TWYK5dkxtPCGFMJ-rr52eQ 文｜Conner Woodman, 译｜杜云飞 殖民主义是一个自我毁灭的过程。但是它仍然使空气发臭。它是我们的耻辱，它嘲笑或愚弄我们的法律；它用它的种族主义感染我们。 ——反对阿尔及利亚战争的知识分子行动委员会，1957年
从制造到服务：结构转型期的宏观经济学 | 比较
原创 比较 比较 2021/4/1 張斌 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A4YpKiEDC2lT0IpGMhTJLQ 像高收入经济体经历的那样，中国在人均收入达到门槛值以后也迈入了从制造到服务的经济结构转型期。 这一转型既反映在消费升级和产业结构的转折性变化上，也反映在城市格局的变化上。例如：对制造业产品的消费增长越来越落后于对教育、医疗和体育文娱的服务消费增长，大量的劳动力、企业甚至城市面临淘汰压力；人力资本密集型产业在竞争中获胜，大城市在城市竞争中获胜。经济结构转型还改变了中国经济波动的特征，宏观经济波动从工业化高峰期的“易热难冷”转向了“易冷难热”。本书结合高收入经济体的经验，深入剖析了经济结构转型的特征及其面临的突出短板，重新审视了当前关于宏观经济波动的主流观点，并提出了推动经济结构转型的政策建议。 作者还特别指出，应对经济结构转型，观念的挑战是我们需要直面的底层矛盾。观念是制度和政策的核心支撑，主流观念不变化，新的制度和政策调整就难以维系。观念是慢变量，时时刻刻都在细微变化，但是变化速度赶不上市场的变化速度。结构改革只能在观念和利益冲突的夹缝中找缺口，寻求边际上的突破。能做出结构改革当然好，冲突太大、时机不成熟的时候，等待也是一种智慧。
Tooze: Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi Have One Last Job
The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next? BY ADAM TOOZE Foreign Policy, APRIL 1, 2021, 12:58 PM Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi Have One Last Job At the start of 2021, two of the most contentious capitalist democracies in the […]