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副标题: A Natural History of Markets
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作者:JohnMcMillan
出版时间:2003-12-2
书籍简介:
Clear, insightful, and nondogmatic, this book gives us a new appreciation for one of our most ubiquitous institutions. From the wild swings of the stock market to the online auctions of eBay to the unexpected twists of the world's post-Communist economies, markets have suddenly become quite visible. We now have occasion to ask, "What makes these institutions work? How important are they? How can we improve them?" Taking us on a lively tour of a world we once took for granted, John McMillan offers examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market in the Netherlands to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Eschewing ideology, he shows us that markets are neither magical nor immoral. Rather, they are powerful if imperfect tools, the best we've found for improving our living standards. A New York Times Notable Book.
作者简介:
约翰·麦克米兰是斯坦福大学商学院乔纳森·洛夫雷斯经济学讲座（Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics）教授，斯坦福大学经济政策研究所高级研究员。麦克米兰原籍新西兰，是位严谨的理论家，很早以前就认为，要了解外国，最好的方法是去那里教书。因此他曾在日本、澳大利亚、印度、德国、荷兰、法国、加拿大执教，时间长短不一。麦克米兰的研究兴趣涵盖经济改革、机制设计、市场制度的跨国比较、发展中经济和转轨经济的企业精神。1995年，他进入知名的经济顾问公司——市场设计公司（Market Design Inc.）服务，现为该公司副总裁。
