经济思想史(The Evolution of Economic Thoughts, by S Brue, R Grant)
读书笔记之社会主义思潮的兴起(1)
The Village
1783 by George Grabbe
Where Plenty smiles, alas! she smiles for few
And those who taste not, yet behold her store.
Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore.
The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.
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Quote from Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill
hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.”
工业革命释放巨大生产力的同时,造就社会财富分配不公。机械的发明,使得一部分人先富起来,但更多的人陷入了贫困,而且工人被剥夺了选举权。针对这种情况必须进行经济改革,然而大多数资本所有者,常常引用亚当斯密和其他古典主义者的观点——顽固的认为,最好的政府必须最低限度的干预经济。