FREE MARKET ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE GENERAL READER (SECOND EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码： 04289515B78218

English Summary/英文概要： In this thoroughly updated second edition of Free Market Economics, Steven Kates assesses economic principles based on classical economic theory before Keynesian theory became dominant in macroeconomics and equilibrium analysis became standard in microeconomics. He looks at economics from the perspective of an entrepreneur making decisions in a world where the future is unknown, innovation is a continuous process and the future is being created before it can be understood.

Key Features include:

• Analysis derived from the theories of pre-Keynesian classical economists, as this is the only source available today that explains the classical pre-Keynesian theory of the business cycle

• A focus on the entrepreneur as the driving force in economic activity rather than on anonymous “forces” as found in most economic theory today

• Great emphasis is placed on the consequences of decision making under uncertainty

• Offers an introductory understanding, accessible to the non-specialist reader

The aim of this book is to redirect the attention of economists and policy makers towards the economic theories that prevailed in earlier times. Their problems were little different from ours but their way of understanding the operation of an economy and dealing with those problems was completely different. Free Market Economics, Second Edition will help students and general readers understand the economics of that earlier time, written by someone who believes that this now-discarded approach to economic thought was superior to what is found in most of our textbooks today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这本全新的第二版《自由市场经济》一书中，史蒂文•凯茨对凯恩斯理论成为宏观经济主流以及均衡分析成为微观经济学标准以前的基于经典经济学理论的经济原理进行了评估。企业家在一个未知的未来世界中进行决策，创新是一种持续的进程，而未来则早在能够被理解之间便已经被创造出来，史蒂文正是从这一角度看待经济学。

本书关键内容包括：
• 凯恩斯前经济学家经典理论分析，作为能够解释经典凯恩斯前商圈理论的唯一来源；
• 关注企业家作为经济活动中的主要驱动力而非现今绝大多数经济理论中所谓的无形的手；
• 着重强调在未知情形下所作决策的结果与影响；
• 为读者提供一种引入性的理解方式，即便是非业内读者，亦可轻松理解；

本书的目的在于重新定位经济学家与政策制定者们对于此前所盛行的经济学原理的聚焦点。与我们相比，他们所存在的问题或许并无太大差异，然而其对于经济运作的理解方式以及应对方法与我们却截然不同。《自由市场经济》的第二版将帮助经济学学生及普通读者们更好地理解旧时的经济学，而本书作者坚信这些如今已淘汰的经济学方法曾经也是优于如今大多数课本上的内容的。（DC）

Awards/获奖情况：“《自由市场经济》实则为认真严谨的经济学家们的必读书目之一，极力推荐。”---《选择》

‘Free Market Economics is virtually a must read for serious economists . . .Highly recommended.’– Choice

About the Author/作者介绍： 史蒂文•凯茨，澳大利亚皇家墨尔本理工大学经济、金融与市场学院。

Steven Kates, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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