ARE THE RICH NECESSARY?: GREAT ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS AND HOW THEY REFLECT OUR PERSONAL VALUES (UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION)
Book ID/图书代码： 04332810B36969
English Summary/英文概要： Are the rich compatible with democracy? Should we accept such a high degree of inequality in our society? Does the profit system glorify greed? In /Are the Rich Necessary?/ Hunter Lewis presents the most fundamental and provocative economic arguments that underlie society.
Lewis connects economics directly with profound contemporary social issues:
*Do we need more "millionaire taxes"?
*Does President Obama’s idea of limiting charitable deductions for the rich make sense?
*Should we be taxing schoolteachers to bail out bankers?
*Is Wall Street corrupting our politics?
*Why does it seem that Goldman Sachs is running Washington?
*Is the profit system to blame for the recent financial crash? Are there alternatives?
*Has anything really changed after the Crash of 2008?
*Are we in danger of becoming a banana republic?
*Can we do anything about the widening income gap?
*Are the rich even compatible with democracy?
How are our personal values reflected in these issues and how do we choose between contending economic approaches? Most importantly, can philanthropy play a strategic role in helping people to lift themselves from poverty? Lewis offers a dramatic new proposal to significantly increase contributions to charitable organizations to help address key social issues. A challenging and sure to be influential book.
Should Obama cap financial executive pay? Should we tax the rich for healthcare—or for deficit reduction? What else can we do to rein in Wall Street greed? These are highly practical questions but inevitably involve our personal values. We need to get enough good information to help us make better value judgements.
In the last chapter, Lewis proposes a new way to bridge the extremes of rich and poor, of free markets and safety nets; a solution that would involve a massive expansion of the nonprofit sector through tax credits. His solution is to build up the nonprofit sector so that it will become a full partner of government and the private sector and be able to provide real solutions in the areas of social services, health, housing, and education. Lewis’s solution offers a forward-thinking alternative to the bitter and often sterile quarrels between friends and foes of "big" government around the world.
With income disparity one of the biggest issues on the agenda of the Obama administration, Lewis asks us to make our own judgment based on our personal values about the pros and cons of the rich and solutions to this vexing problem.
This updated and expanded edition of Are the Rich Necessary? is an ideal introduction to economics at a time when economics is on everyone’’s mind. Lewis is always objective, fair, and fun to read. Rich is also an ideal adjunct to an economics textbook. The New York Times called this book both highly provocative and highly pleasurable.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《錢，真的很重要嗎？》--偉大的經濟論點及其背後彰顯的個人價值觀
金錢是否與民主精神相容？我們是否該接受我們所生存的社會中，這樣高標準的不平等？利潤制度是否過份美化了人性的貪慾？在《錢，真的很重要嗎？》這本書中，作者Hunter Lewis呈現了存在於我們的社會背後最根本也最煽動性的經濟論點。
Lewis將經濟和最深刻的當代社會問題做最直接的結合︰
我們的個人價值觀如何呈現在這個論點上？
我們如何選擇在百家爭鳴的經濟觀點上做選擇？
最重要的是：慈善機構真能扮演戰略性的角色，幫助人們遠離貧困？
*我們需要更多的「百萬富翁稅」嗎？
*歐巴馬總統的「為有錢人慈善扣除限制」的想法正確嗎？
*為了幫助銀行家脫離險境，我們是否應該課徵教師稅？
*華爾街是否造成我們的政府腐敗？
*為什麼看起來好像是高盛集團在管理行華盛頓？
*利潤制度是否造成了近期的金融崩潰？有代替的方案嗎？
*2008年的精融大崩盤後，有什麼也跟著改變了嗎？
我們是否也快變成了香蕉共和國(政府無能、依靠外資的貧
*窮小國）？
*對於貧富不均，我們還能做什麼努力？
*金錢是否與民主精神相容？
從「明顯增加捐款」到「慈善組織」，Lewis提供了一個引人注目的新建議來幫助解決社會問題的關鍵！這是一本充滿挑戰性的書，且絕對對人類社會有很大影響力。
歐巴馬是否該對執行長的薪資規範上限？我們應該要求有錢人納醫療保險稅嗎？我們還能做什麼，來抑制遍佈華爾街道上的貪婪？
這是一個很實際的問題，但它必然包含了我們的個人價值。我們必須取得正確的資訊，來幫助我們做出更好的價值判斷。(SL)
Awards/获奖情况：《錢，真的很重要嗎？》是一本引起高度煽動性以及非常令人愉快的書。---紐約時報
2009年新版版本(2007年最棒的商業書籍)
Best Business Books 2007 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"His ideas for helping the problems we face are radical, thought provoking and should be considered by as many people as possible."---Lord Rothschild (Jacob)
"Are The Rich Necessary? is both a highly provocative and a highly pleasurable read." Harry Hurt, III---The New York Times, October 21, 2007 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Worth reading aloud on a family vacation."---Barron’s
"Great reading for anyone interested in quickly expanding knowledge of today’s political–economic issues."---Publishers Weekly
"Carefully weighing the pros and cons of big-think economic issues . . . Lewis . . . offers some big ideas of his own."---US News & World Report
About the Author/作者介绍： Hunter Lewis寫了六本經濟學和價值觀方面的書，也寫了無數的雜誌、報紙和線上文章。他最近的一本書是Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts.
他畢業於哈佛大學，共同創立康橋諮詢有限責任公司，是一家全球性投資公司，其客戶包括領先的研究型大學，慈善組織和家庭。
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