弗朗西斯•福山（Francis Fukuyama）：日裔美籍学者，哈佛大学政治学博士，现任美国斯坦福大学弗里曼•斯伯格里国际问题研究所奥利弗•诺梅里尼高级研究员，此前曾任教于约翰•霍普金斯大学尼兹高等国际研究院、乔治•梅森大学公共政策学院，曾任美国国务院政策企划局副局长、兰德公司研究员。著有《历史的终结与最后的人》、《信任》、《政治秩序的起源》等。现居加利福尼亚。

弗朗西斯•福山（Francis Fukuyama）：日裔美籍学者，哈佛大学政治学博士，现任美国斯坦福大学弗里曼•斯伯格里国际问题研究所奥利弗•诺梅里尼高级研究员，此前曾任教于约翰•霍普金斯大学尼兹高等国际研究院、乔治•梅森大学公共政策学院，曾任美国国务院政策企划局副局长、兰德公司研究员。著有《历史的终结与最后的人》、《信任》、《政治秩序的起源》等。现居加利福尼亚。

In his best-selling "Irrational Exuberance", Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller coaster of the financial system. Less noted was Shiller's admonition that our infatuation with the stock market distracts us from more durable economic prospects. These lie in the hidden potential of real as...(展开全部)

罗伯特席勒 2013年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，耶鲁大学金融学教授，标普/凯斯-席勒住房价格指数的联合创始人之一。诺奖委员会经济学奖颁奖词中提到，“如果价格未来数日或数周的走向几乎不可能进行预测，那么未来数年的走势不是更难于预测吗？回答是否定的，这是罗伯特J席勒的发现”。他经常为联合报业集团下属的报刊和《纽约时报》撰写专栏。同时，他还是一位畅销书作者，著述颇丰，《非理性繁荣》、《金融与好的社会》、《动物精神》等成为超级畅销书。

In his best-selling "Irrational Exuberance", Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller coaster of the financial system. Less noted was Shiller's admonition that our infatuation with the stock market distracts us from more durable economic prospects. These lie in the hidden potential of real as...(展开全部)

罗伯特席勒 2013年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，耶鲁大学金融学教授，标普/凯斯-席勒住房价格指数的联合创始人之一。诺奖委员会经济学奖颁奖词中提到，“如果价格未来数日或数周的走向几乎不可能进行预测，那么未来数年的走势不是更难于预测吗？回答是否定的，这是罗伯特J席勒的发现”。他经常为联合报业集团下属的报刊和《纽约时报》撰写专栏。同时，他还是一位畅销书作者，著述颇丰，《非理性繁荣》、《金融与好的社会》、《动物精神》等成为超级畅销书。

Why were some countries able to build "developmental states" in the decades after World War II while others were not? Through a richly detailed examination of India's experience, Locked in Place argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly rega...(展开全部)

Why were some countries able to build 'developmental states' in the decades after World War II while others were not? Through a richly detailed examination of India's experience, "Locked in Place" argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly re...(展开全部)

Review "This book does a masterful job of clarifying the centrality of taxation as a means to build both states and societies. Its analytic contribution is significant. It also offers an excellent set of case studies that demonstrate how government can improve revenue raising while also promoting the general welfare of the polity. The neat combination of theory and cases ensure...(展开全部)

There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effe...(展开全部)