书目

The Nature of Economies

内容简介

NearlyfortyyearsafterTheDeathandLifeofGreatAmericanCitiesforeverchangedthefieldofurbanstudies,JaneJacobs--oneofthefewcontemporarythinkerswhoseworkswillremaininprintforgenerations--bringsusamodernclassiconeconomiesandecology.Originalandeloquent,thisnewbooklooksattheconnectionbetweentheeconomyandnature,arguingthattheprinciplesofdevelopment,commontobothsystems,arethepropersubjectofeconomicstudy.        TheNatureofEconomiesiswrittenintheformofaPlatonicdialogue,aconversationovercoffeeamongfivecontemporaryNewYorkers.Thequestiontheydiscussis:Doeseconomiclifeobeythesamerulesasthosegoverningthesystemsinnature?Forexample,canthewayfieldsandforestsmaximizetheirintakesandusesofsunlightteachussomethingabouthoweconomiesexpandwealthandjobsandcandothisinenvironmentallybeneficialways?Theunderlyingquestionisbothsimpleandprofound,andtheanswersthatemergewillshapethewaypeoplethinkabouthoweconomiesreallywork.        TheNewYorkTimesdescribedJaneJacobs'sTheDeathandLifeofGreatAmericanCitiesas"firstofallaworkofliterature."Theaccessibilityofherprose--TheNewCriterioncalledit"majestic"--standsasJacobs'shallmark.Sheistherarestofanalyticthinkers,bothaneconomicvisionaryandanartist.Examiningcomplexsystemswiththewit,style,andcleareyeofthemasterlyessayist,inTheNatureofEconomiesJacobsonceagainaccomplishesthenearimpossible:Shefundamentallychallengessomeoftheestablishedprinciplesofeconomicswhilewritinginastylethatenthrallsthegeneralreader.

作者简介

JaneJacobs'spreviousbooksincludeTheDeathandLifeofGreatAmericanCities(1961),TheEconomyofCities(1968),TheQuestionofSeparatism(1980),CitiesandtheWealthofNations(1984),andSystemsofSurvival(1993).Since1968shehaslivedinToronto,whereshehastakenanactiveroleinhelpingtoshapethecity.

丛书

Modern Library

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