ECONOMICS FOR THE REST OF US: DEBUNKING THE SCIENCE THAT MAKES LIFE DISMAL

Book ID/图书代码： 12861010B37987

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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 不管是貧困國家的糧食補助政策，或是已開放國家的城市中房地產租賃監管，還是全球各國推行的醫療健保制度，在當今經濟學家們的眼中，上述政策或是法案都無一不被其鄙夷為"失敗的產物"。
經濟學這一概念被引入到我們的文明中，其醞釀的初衷是在平等的觀念之下，為眾人謀求共同的福利與財富；但可悲的是，現如今的經濟學早已背離了當初的初旨，不折不扣淪為了利慾薰心的工具。
但經濟學絕非是一門唆使富人如何大肆斂財的學科，究竟何種政策才能行之有為？而怎樣的利潤分配又能稱得上公平合理？
本書從經濟自由主義的先驅亞當.史密斯，到英國著名的功利主義哲學家傑瑞米，再到歐巴馬政府首席經濟顧問等人，配合上大量的個人及真實案例，本書將幫助讀者瞭解當今眾多主流經濟學理論的發展歷程，並洞悉其致使貧富差距日益擴大的癥結所在。如果你有意對當代經濟思想體系展開其探究，本書是不二之選。(Andy & Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：◆普立茲獎得主David Cay Johnston / ◆哈佛大學法學院勞工和就業主任 / ◆華府「政策研究所」（Institute for PolicyStudies）研究員
◆哥倫比亞大學的都市規劃教授 / ◆華府智庫「政治研究所」資深學者等，一致推薦。

Academic Adler sets out to explain the key concepts and theories of mainstream economics and less-known alternatives. The book considers the two cornerstones of economics. One is economic efficiency and its definition, which at one time included distribution of income but now focuses upon free markets, ruling out government intervention to decrease inequality. The second cornerstone, what a worker earns, is not based on the value of an individual’s contribution to production, which the author contends is a flawed concept; wages are determined by the power workers possess or do not possess at the bargaining table, and Adler points to CEOs’ obscene compensation, which he concludes is awarded because they work for shareholders who are too numerous and lack control. Everyone will not agree with the author, but he makes thoughtful arguments intended for educated readers who are not schooled in economics.---Mary Whaley, From Booklist

In this brilliant eye opener, Moshe Adler shows how more than a century ago the man-made concepts of economics were transformed from egalitarian concern with the welfare of everyone into analytical tools biased in favor of the rich. With clarity, and in language any educated person can grasp, Adler shows how economics largely abandoned concern with how economic efficiency is affected by distribution of resources and equality in favor of precepts that favor concentration of wealth and income. ---David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Free Lunch and Perfectly Legal (普立茲獎得主David Cay Johnston)

Masterful. This delightful and entertaining book is for anyone who has ever puzzled over how economics as a discipline could have become so divorced from any real understanding of the economy. Economics for the Rest of Us should be required reading for unionists—and for every student of economics.---Elaine Bernard, Executive Director, Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School (哈佛大學法學院勞工和就業主任艾琳·伯納德)

You already know, deep in your bones, that today’s wealthy have far more wealth than anyone could possibly ever need. But does our economy "need" the wealthy? Not sure? Then you need Moshe Adler’s eminently readable—and consistently insightful—Economics for the Rest of Us. Staggeringly unequal societies—like ours—never work well. Moshe Adler helps us see why.---Sam Pizzigati, editor, Too Much, the online weekly on excess and inequality, and an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow in Washington, D.C. (華府「政策研究所」（Institute for PolicyStudies）研究員)

Moshe Adler is as keen an observer of the economy in our day as John Kenneth Galbraith was in his. Adler possesses the gift of a sharp sense of social vision, and he shows us the complex social costs we suffer for basing our policy prescriptions on economic theories rooted in 19th century physics and totally disconnected from 21st century social reality.---Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Earth Institute - Columbia University (哥倫比亞大學的都市規劃教授)

Moshe Adler cogently debunks the idea, popular among the powerful, that what’s good for the wealthy is always good for growth and health. Through clearly explained history and economic theory, Economics for the Rest of Us reveals the economic assumptions that play out every day in Congress and the public square.---Chuck Collins, senior scholar, Institute for Policy Studies, and author of The Moral Measure of the Economy (華府智庫「政治研究所」資深學者)

About the Author/作者介绍： Moshe Adler teaches economics at Columbia University and at the Center for Labor Studies at Empire State College. His articles and editorials have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Counterpunch, as well as in the most prestigious academic journals. He lives in New York City.

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