【開講】（Atlas Shrugged）阿特拉斯真的聳了肩 (續)

ECON. 101 遠不足答覆貧富不平等, 也就是 Social Mobility 

& Income Inequality 的問題; 那己是屬於 Social Choice and 

Welfare Economics 的範疇; 

有興趣者, 可到 MIT Online Course 登記, 作個老學生; 另我

對福利經濟學陌生, 不過, 聽過阿光在支加哥大學任教, 聽過

諾貝爾經濟學獎的同事, Ronald Coase 大名, 兩年前讀過他的大作

The man who showed why firms exist

http://goo.gl/uUn2dC

台灣的青少年, 被當成了被驅使的小鬼, 高喊正義, 公平, 而從未

讀過經濟學, 趕走了執政党, 然後呢? 

http://goo.gl/QpwOim

我每天閱讀 英國 Open Government 傳來英國政府行政單位

(Whitehall) 各式各樣的行政措施, 其中有關政策或法案立法過程

中包括一項非常重要的步驟, 要經過 Open Discussion, 這時可

發覺在其草擬的法案中, 如有涉及人民權益時, 擬稿時都經過

經濟及社會行為分析; 有一例, 如下 :

Economic evaluation of inland fisheries

http://tinyurl.com/jo2y53v

如有接龍, 我就繼續寫, 我資料庫中有一缸子的攻策擬案的

經濟及社會分析報告;

james

Topics for Debate : 

Income inequality, differences in income, come in three forms:

1 Poverty

- Typically measured by fraction of population below line

- Also global poverty line, but US much higher

- Has not been growing significantly in recent years;

2“Mid-range” inequality; measures

- Typical measure is “Gini coefficient

- Measures how far distribution is from perfect equality

- See graph below for illustration

- Has grown somewhat over time, but not a lot;

3 Top income share: what part to richest take?

- What fraction of total income from top 10%, top 1%?

- Measures concentration at the very top end

- Has been growing radically in recent years;

Behavioral Welfare Economics and Redistribution

http://tinyurl.com/h7aszod

http://tinyurl.com/zz5rlcg

Ronald Coase

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Coase

Coase theorem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase_theorem

The man who showed why firms exist

http://goo.gl/uUn2dC

Ronald Coase and the Misuse of Economics

http://goo.gl/5UpKPG

About Ronald Coase

https://coase.org/aboutronaldcoase.htm

One of the giants

http://goo.gl/R4KSau

Economics Remembering Ronald Coase

http://goo.gl/n2N1OL

The man who showed why firms exist

http://goo.gl/uUn2dC

How China Became Capitalist

http://goo.gl/YsD62

http://tinyurl.com/zlw99uu

A Truly Great Leap Forward

http://goo.gl/b4cqKP

New Institutional Economics

https://www.coase.org/newinstitutionaleconomics.htm

MIT Online Course: 

Principles of Welfare Economics

http://goo.gl/Ohtbp4

Unit 4: Welfare Economics

http://goo.gl/fQ8A65