經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué):用少量的知識拓展到廣泛的范圍。
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué):一種新的思維方式。
不同學(xué)科有不同的思維方式,例如,工程、教育、經(jīng)濟(jì)。例如,故事,南非抓大象,數(shù)學(xué)分析1,證明南非有大象,計算機(jī):設(shè)計程序,起點(diǎn)——終點(diǎn)——比對;經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家,只要價格定的足夠高,大象自己就來了。
凱恩斯:經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)思想的力量John Maynard Keynes on Economic Ideas
許多實(shí)踐家自以為不受任何學(xué)理的影響,卻往往當(dāng)了某個已故經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的奴隸?!獎P恩斯
關(guān)于經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家 onEconomists
The master-economist must possess a rarecombination of gifts. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman,philosopher- in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. Hemust contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract andconcrete in the same flight of thought. Hemust study the present…
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的三類問題
1. 人們?nèi)绾巫鞒鰶Q策 how people make decisions
2. 人們?nèi)绾蜗嗷プ饔?/span> how people interact
3. 整體經(jīng)濟(jì)如惡化運(yùn)行 how the economy as a whole works
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)十大原理
人們?nèi)绾巫鞒鰶Q策
1 人們面臨得失交換(權(quán)衡取舍)People face tradeoffs.
2 某物的成本是為此放棄的東西。The cost of something is what you give up to get it.
3 理性人思考邊際量。Rational people think at the margin.
4 人們會對激勵做出反應(yīng)。 people respond to incentives.
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5 貿(mào)易使人人收益trade can make everyone better off.
6 市場通常是組織經(jīng)濟(jì)活動的好方式Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity.
7 政府又是可以改進(jìn)市場結(jié)果。Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.
整體經(jīng)濟(jì)如何運(yùn)行
8 一國的生活水平取決于它的生產(chǎn)。The standard of living depends on a country’s production.
9 當(dāng)政府發(fā)型了過多的貨幣是,物價上漲。Prices rise when the government prints too much money.
10 社會面對通貨膨脹和失業(yè)之間的短期得失交換。Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation andunemployment.