作者：JanEeckhout
出版社：PrincetonUniversityPress
副标题：HowThrivingFirmsThreatentheFutureofWork
出版年：2021-6-1
页数：336
定价：USD27.95
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9780691214474
内容简介
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A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power―and how it stifles workers around the world
In an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are rising, so that everything from a bottle of beer to a prosthetic hip costs more. Economist Jan Eeckhout shows how this is due to a small number of companies exploiting an unbridled rise in market power―the ability to set prices higher than they could in a properly functioning competitive marketplace. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research and telling the stories of common workers throughout, he demonstrates how market power has suffocated the world of work, and how, without better mechanisms to ensure competition, it could lead to disastrous market corrections and political turmoil.
The Profit Paradox describes how, over the past forty years, a handful of companies have reaped most of the rewards of technological advancements―acquiring rivals, securing huge profits, and creating brutally unequal outcomes for workers. Instead of passing on the benefits of better technologies to consumers through lower prices, these “superstar” companies leverage new technologies to charge even higher prices. The consequences are already immense, from unnecessarily high prices for virtually everything, to fewer startups that can compete, to rising inequality and stagnating wages for most workers, to severely limited social mobility.
A provocative investigation into how market power hurts average working people, The Profit Paradox also offers concrete solutions for fixing the problem and restoring a healthy economy.
作者简介
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Jan Eeckhout is the ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and professor of economics at University College London. His work has been widely featured in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and the Financial Times. He lives in Barcelona. Twitter @jan_eeckhout
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在east village的纽约公立图书馆看到了这本书，立刻拿下，太好看了。第一次看经济学的书停不下来
刚联系出版社，希望能翻译为中文。
在east village的纽约公立图书馆看到了这本书，立刻拿下，太好看了。第一次看经济学的书停不下来
刚联系出版社，希望能翻译为中文。
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