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/493345">殖民地經濟發展之源</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/493345/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“殖民地經濟發展之源” — Fortune Insight" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Presentation1.jpg529493第四卷第七章長到咩咁，題為Of Colonies，為殖民政策做一個經濟分析，先講佢嘅起源，再講佢當時嘅運作，最重要係為殖民地政策一個成本效益分析，特別係美國。 呢一章，好多歷史，好多金句，好多意想不到嘅觀點，幾十頁係唔難頂，唔似果啲咩題外話咁，好好睇。 全章分為三部份，今日講住頭兩部份先。 第一部份題目係Of the Motives for establishing new Colonies，解釋點解有殖民地呢樣野。 佢由古希臘同羅馬講起，太多人唔夠地，咪要搵殖民地囉。 Both institutions derived their origin either from irresistible necessity, or from clear and evident utility. 不過去到歐洲響美洲同加勒比果頭建立嘅殖民地，就唔關唔夠地事勒。亞當史密提到哥倫布「意外」發現新大陸，以為揾到好多正野番黎，點知當地窮到咩咁，係就係有歐洲冇嘅物種，但冇想像中咁豐富，於是佢為左justify西班牙皇室繼續資助佢咁昂貴嘅航程，佢就諗到個推銷方法，話果頭有金礦！ St. Domingo, therefore, was represented as a country abounding with gold, and, upon that account, (according to the prejudices not only of the present time, but of […]