Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty.
托马斯·皮克迪的《21世纪的资本》。
Capital sparked a fantastic global discussion this year about inequality. Piketty kindly spent an hour discussing his work with me before I finished my review. As I told him, although I have concerns about some of his secondary points and policy prescriptions, I agree with his most important conclusions: inequality is a growing problem and that governments should play a role in reducing it. I admire his work and hope it draws in more smart people to study the causes of, and cures for, inequality.
这本书在今年掀起了一场激烈的关于不平等问题的全球范围大讨论。在我写完综述前,皮克迪贴心的花了一个小时和我讨论他的著作。就像我和他说的那样,虽然我对他的一些次要观点和政策评估表示担忧,我依然同意他最重要的那个结论:不平等问题还在扩大,而且政府必须出面解决它。我赞美了他的著作,并希望它可以吸引更多聪明人来研究不平等问题的原因还有根治的方法。
How Asia Works, by Joe Studwell.
乔·史塔威尔的《亚洲大趋势》
Studwell produces compelling answers to two of the greatest questions in development economics: How did countries like Japan, South Korea, and China achieve sustained, high growth? And why have so few other countries managed to do so? His answers come in the form of a simple—and yet hard to execute—formula: (1) create conditions for small farmers to thrive, (2) use the proceeds from agricultural surpluses to build a manufacturing base focused on exports, and (3) nurture both these sectors with financial institutions closely controlled by the government. The agriculture section of the book was particularly insightful. It provided ample food for thought for me as well as the whole Agriculture team at our foundation. And it left us thinking about whether parts of the Asian model can apply in Africa.
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