Obviously, we’ve had markets since we were living up in the trees, since before we developed the capacity to grow food. The first time one of our ancestors offered to trade a banana for some other fruit, a market exchange of sorts was in the air. But this was not a true economy. For an economy to come into being, something else was needed: a capacity to go beyond just gathering bananas from trees or hunting animals – a capacity to produce food or instruments that would not have existed without human labour. (查看原文)
Like all technological revolutions, this (cultivating the land) wasn’t one that humanity consciously decided to start. Where humans could avoid it, as in Australia where nature provided enough food, they did so.
But in the process, as we developed the means to grow food, human society changed drastically. For the first time agricultural production created the basic element of a true economy: surplus. (查看原文)
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0 有用 格瓦拉 2023-06-24 08:58:00 四川
我想看经济学相关书籍的人或多或少是带着较为强烈的现实关切的阅读目的来看书的。如果抱着这种心态来看这本书，无疑是会失望的，因为他不提供任何任何解决之道或者称之为实操手段的可资上手的内容。但是，如果想要在有趣和渊博的知识中去击溃冰冷的经济学名词，这是一本颇有趣味的经济学通识型读物。它深入浅出，引经据典又饶有兴味。甚至文学和电影爱好者也能从经典中另辟经济学角度之蹊径，重新认识那些已熟稔于心的经典。总之，... 我想看经济学相关书籍的人或多或少是带着较为强烈的现实关切的阅读目的来看书的。如果抱着这种心态来看这本书，无疑是会失望的，因为他不提供任何任何解决之道或者称之为实操手段的可资上手的内容。但是，如果想要在有趣和渊博的知识中去击溃冰冷的经济学名词，这是一本颇有趣味的经济学通识型读物。它深入浅出，引经据典又饶有兴味。甚至文学和电影爱好者也能从经典中另辟经济学角度之蹊径，重新认识那些已熟稔于心的经典。总之，当作闲书来看，颇有收获。ps.作者背景极度牛逼，进阶可读《房间里的成年人》 (展开)
0 有用 Olive 2024-05-04 16:52:38 北京
图书馆意外淘到的宝贝，真的非常深入浅出，对经济学感受困难的我都能看，且喜欢。引用了耳熟能详影视和故事，很多点不需要去记忆就能记住。