作者:
William J·Baumol
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David De Farranti
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Monte Malach 出版社: Yale University Press 副标题: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't 出版年: 2012-9-25 页数: 272 定价: USD 40.00 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780300179286
The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intractable problems and offers a surprisingly simple explanation. Baumol identifies the 'cost ...
The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intractable problems and offers a surprisingly simple explanation. Baumol identifies the 'cost disease' as a major source of rapidly rising costs in service sectors of the economy. Once we understand that disease, he explains, effective responses become apparent. Baumol presents his analysis with characteristic clarity, tracing the fast-rising prices of health care and education in the U.S. and other major industrial nations, then examining the underlying causes of the phenomenon, which have to do with the nature of providing labour-intensive services. The news is good, Baumol reassures, because the nature of the disease is such that society will be able to afford the rising costs.
作者简介
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威廉·鲍莫尔(William J. Baumol,1922—2017),著名经济学家、“鲍莫尔病”的提出者,是熊彼特之后在创新研究领域独树一帜的思想家。在企业行为、产业组织、增长理论、通货膨胀、艺术品市场、环境政策、竞争政策、创新等领域做出了杰出的贡献,对经济学研究产生了深远影响。著有《好的资本主义,坏的资本主义》《全球贸易和国家利益冲突》《自由市场创新机器》等。
0 有用 jojo在长毛象 2014-02-14 01:53:06
The first part is interesting. I lose my interest in the case study.
0 有用 地下宇航员 2023-08-28 10:53:05 美国
7/10.
0 有用 隐德来希 2025-02-20 09:51:34 英国
又是畅销书写法…赶时间看第二章就行了 很简单但很重要的observation: 从生产力增速上可以划分stagnant sectors and progressive sectors。前者如教育医疗,生产力增长缓慢,后者如制造业,生产力进步飞速。原因在于前者缺少labour-saving factor: 难以标准化自动化,或者减少labor会导致质量下降。因此,若假设固定工资增速,前者会直接反映到... 又是畅销书写法…赶时间看第二章就行了 很简单但很重要的observation: 从生产力增速上可以划分stagnant sectors and progressive sectors。前者如教育医疗,生产力增长缓慢,后者如制造业,生产力进步飞速。原因在于前者缺少labour-saving factor: 难以标准化自动化,或者减少labor会导致质量下降。因此,若假设固定工资增速,前者会直接反映到price,而后者会被生产力增速offset掉。 值得注意的是,Cost disease的持续存在对发达国家的公共服务/政府支出造成深远影响。 (展开)
0 有用 洛奇 2021-10-04 21:22:09
学到了一个新的思维模型
0 有用 诚孚 2024-10-29 13:30:40 上海
这本书太厉害了,最后的结论因为过于犀利,很容易导致这本书在我国变成一本禁书,实际上达到一个增长稳定平衡是一个非常难的状态,所以任何不符合这样的规律就会被称作是一种病症,但是古代社会却没有这样的烦恼,毕竟古时候的医疗和教育体系并不是很完善,那么一个新的结论就诞生了:成体系的结构容易产生非体系之外的趋势问题。