有没有人把"国家财富"和"资本论"都看过的?
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Adam said
"China has been long one of the richest, that is, one of the most fertile, best cultivated, most industrious, and most populous countries in the world. It seems, however, to have been long stationary. Marco Polo, who visited it more than five hundred years ago, describes its cultivation, industry and populousness, almost in the same terms in which they are decribed by travellers in the present times"
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged"
"China seems to have been long stationary, and had probably long ago acquired that full complement of riches which is consistent with the nature of its laws and institutions, the nature of its soil, climate, and situation might admit of. A country which neglects or dispises foreign commerce, and which admits the vessels of foreign nations into one or two of its ports only, cannot transact the same quantity of business which it might do with different laws and institutions."
"China has been long one of the richest, that is, one of the most fertile, best cultivated, most industrious, and most populous countries in the world. It seems, however, to have been long stationary. Marco Polo, who visited it more than five hundred years ago, describes its cultivation, industry and populousness, almost in the same terms in which they are decribed by travellers in the present times"
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged"
"China seems to have been long stationary, and had probably long ago acquired that full complement of riches which is consistent with the nature of its laws and institutions, the nature of its soil, climate, and situation might admit of. A country which neglects or dispises foreign commerce, and which admits the vessels of foreign nations into one or two of its ports only, cannot transact the same quantity of business which it might do with different laws and institutions."
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I agree, however to my surprise, Keynes' interventionist theory was rarely discussed in today's economics. His teacher Alfred Marshall was however one of the most influential economists of our time. His theories on supply and demand, or marginal utility have a profound impact on our lives.
Canada for example is not pure market economy, it's market economy with state invervention in areas such as agriculture which tend to fluctuate quite a bit. In highly developped countries like Canada, it is impossible to not have any state intervention, particularly in times of crisis.
Canada for example is not pure market economy, it's market economy with state invervention in areas such as agriculture which tend to fluctuate quite a bit. In highly developped countries like Canada, it is impossible to not have any state intervention, particularly in times of crisis.
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I'm afraid that I don't know about that PBS program. Quickly googled, it looks very interesting.
You want to hear more examples? NYC (and many other major metropolitans) used to and still does impose rent control in hope to provide low-income housing. So city officials had imposed a ceiling price on the rent, which was significantly below market value. As a result of such poor policy, landlords simply couldn't keep up with the property tax and the repair costs so many simply abandoned the buildings. Another problem with rent control is human abuse, so wealthy people ended up taking apartments that were under rent control, leaving very few in hands of the really needy ones. This was an utter failure of state intervention. Since then, NYC had modified their rent control law to deregulate more luxurious building units in order to accomodate market demand.
You want to hear more examples? NYC (and many other major metropolitans) used to and still does impose rent control in hope to provide low-income housing. So city officials had imposed a ceiling price on the rent, which was significantly below market value. As a result of such poor policy, landlords simply couldn't keep up with the property tax and the repair costs so many simply abandoned the buildings. Another problem with rent control is human abuse, so wealthy people ended up taking apartments that were under rent control, leaving very few in hands of the really needy ones. This was an utter failure of state intervention. Since then, NYC had modified their rent control law to deregulate more luxurious building units in order to accomodate market demand.
