《真实世界的经济学》收集的，大部分是我1995年回国到北大任教以后为报章杂志陆续写下的文章。回头一看，时间过得很快。在《真实世界的经济学》中，收在“另眼看垄断”栏目下的文章，其实差不多都是我参加水工研究的“副产品”。作为一个“电信经济问题专家”我是1998年秋“卷入”电信开放市场的论战的，大部分有关文章已经收入了三联书店出版的《数网竞争》一书：我对网络产业经济问题的认识全部来自“I水工”。更一般而论，大凡在所谓“自然垄断”、“规模经济”之上加上了“国家行政垄断”的行为，经济逻辑如出一辙。《真实世界的经济学》的一些文章，放胆去“碰”教育、邮政、股市，分析的思路都是一样的，只是各业的具体约束不同，“碰”起来多彩多姿，各有各的意思。

EDITORIAL REVIEW: The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking. The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this handful of unlikely—really unlikely—heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.

Why can we never seem to keep on top of our workload, social diary or chores? Why does poverty persist around the world? Why do successful people do things at the last minute in a sudden rush of energy? Here, economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir reveal that the hidden side of all these problems is that they're all about scarcity. We've all struggled with packing a suitcase with too many items and not enough time to do it. In Scarcity, two intellectual adventurers show us that this simple idea explains the most fundamental problems in all walks of life. Using the new science of scarcity, they explain why obesity is rampant; why people find it difficult to sleep when most sleep deprived; and why the lonely find it so hard to make friends. Scarcity will change the way you think about both the little everyday tasks and the big issues of global urgency. Sendhil Mullainathan is a Professor of Economics at Harvard, and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant". He conducts research on development economics, behavioral economics, and corporate finance. He is Executive Director of Ideas 42, Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. Eldar Shafir is William Stewart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Most of his work focuses on descriptive analyses of inference, judgment, and decision making, and on issues related to behavioral economics. 'Stars in their respective disciplines, and the combination is greater than the sum of its parts. Their project has a unique feel to it: it is the finest combination of heart and head that I have seen in our field', Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow 'Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live' Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics 'Here is a winning recipe. Take a behavioral economist and a cognitive psychologist, each a prominent leader in his field, and let their creative minds commingle. What you get is a highly original and easily readable book that is full of intriguing insights. What does a single mom trying to make partner at a major law firm have in common with a peasant who spends half her income on interest payments? The answer is scarcity. Read this book to learn the surprising ways in which scarcity affects us all', Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge

《灰色收入与发展陷阱》内容简介：“十二五”规划指出，收入分配改革将是未来改革的重中之重。中国经济发展这块蛋糕做大到一定程度之后，如何切蛋糕将成为最重要的课题。这将直接关系到蛋糕能不能继续做大。目前，腐败相关的灰色收入正在迅速膨胀，成为导致中国收入分配不公的主要因素。 《灰色收入与发展陷阱》是两次清算“灰色收入”的经济学家王小鲁近几年来相关文字的首次结集，通过对中国收入差距的变动趋势和真实收入状况的数据挖掘，对中国国民收入真实数据和差距，以及其产生的原因进行了深入的思考与分析，指出全国城镇居民收入中没有统计到巨量“灰色收入”的存在，得出导致收入分配差距过大的主要原因不在于市场化，而在于制度不健全所导致的腐败和灰色收入使收入分配扭曲和社会两极分化的结论。作者指出，这是对建设和谐社会、经济持续发展的最大威胁，根本解决收入分配失衡问题有赖于推进体制改革，建立一个公开、透明、有严格管理制度和受社会公众监督的政府管理体制和财税体制，建设一个法制社会。

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这是一本物理学家撰写得跨经济学、社会、物理学等多学科的专著。在伊达尔戈之前，从来没有人以这样的方式研究经济增长。 什么是经济增长？为什么它只发生在历史长河的一些节点上？传统意义上的解释都强调了体制、地理、金融和心理因素。而塞萨尔?伊达尔戈告诉我们，想了解经济增长的本质，还需要走出社会科学的研究，在信息、关系网和复杂性这样的自然科学中寻求答案。为了认识经济发展，塞萨尔?伊达尔戈认为我们首先需要理解秩序的增长。 为什么有的国家富裕，有的国家贫穷？在1975年，阿根廷的收入是韩国的3倍，是一个富裕国家。但当时阿根廷的国家发展能力并不见得比韩国强。这个例子说明，发展能力要比财富更加重要，那为什么一些国家的国家发展能力要强于其他国家？ 在《增长的本质》这本书中，伊达尔戈结合经济增长以及物理学这两个看似分离的领域，提出了经济增长的新理论。复杂产品（从企业到机器人，应用程序到汽车）是经济知识的物理升华，是一个对其教育、基础设施和能力的可衡量体现。 这是一本对全球经济进行全新诠释，并颠覆经济发展和财富起源传统假设的书。