1.0Fortune Insighthttps://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web曾國平教授https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/author/byrontkprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/490791">歐洲經濟的「畸形」發展</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/490791/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“歐洲經濟的「畸形」發展” — Fortune Insight" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Presentation1-1.jpg536509第三卷叫做Of The Different Progress Of Opulence In Different Nations，唔長。 第一章叫Of The Natural Progress Of Opulence。 呢一卷既有趣之處，係我睇幾本經濟學者寫的經濟思想史著作，對呢一卷都係輕輕帶過，擺到明係覺得唔重要。不過，你睇非經濟學者呢，對呢一卷就重視好多。例如我響專欄寫過的 The Infidel And The Professor，個作者係政治學者，佢話呢一卷中的其中一段先至係成本書最最最重要的部份。 咁兩極的反應，當然值得我地花少少時間，細心了解亞當史密係呢幾十頁講左乜。 人冇野食，會死，但冇加工製品冇奢侈品，至多係唔方便，唔會死，所以農業行先過製造業、同外國貿易。亦因爲咁，一個國家會先開墾土地，之後先會發展城鎮。農業生產得夠多，先有多餘資源去買「無謂野」，先養得起城鎮入面既工匠裁縫裝修工人咁。 As subsistence is, in the nature of things, prior to conveniency and luxury, so the industry which procures the former must necessarily be prior to that which ministers to the latter. The cultivation […]