Zero Degree of Economics - Economic Notes

Author: Shi Xiaofeng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The author writes economic notes primarily out of a natural instinct for reading, hoping to create something whole from scattered fragments—a sketch of an object, a snapshot of an era, a way of writing. If a work is solely for the sake of livelihood, knowledge and academia degrade into power, a tool, or a means of sustenance, it is inevitable to fabricate conversations, resort to obscurity, and deceive oneself. In the process of reading, the author continuously builds rough structures, often hasty and imprecise, sometimes grasping one thing, sometimes picking up a book—whichever source satisfies the intention, it is used to enrich and refine those structures. This collection may not be read cover to cover by many, so for ease of reading, the articles are divided into six parts: "The Power of Institutions," "The Game of Collusion," "The Driving Force of Growth," "The Logic of Collective Action," "The Margins of Development," and "Scattered Notes on the South Seas." The author writes economic notes primarily out of a natural instinct for reading, hoping to create something whole from scattered fragments—a sketch of an object, a snapshot of an era, a way of writing. If a work is solely for the sake of livelihood, knowledge and academia degrade into power, a tool, or a means of sustenance, it is inevitable to fabricate conversations, resort to obscurity, and deceive oneself. In the process of reading, the author continuously builds rough structures, often hasty and imprecise, sometimes grasping one thing, sometimes picking up a book—whichever source satisfies the intention, it is used to enrich and refine those structures. This collection may not be read cover to cover by many, so for ease of reading, the articles are divided into six parts: "The Power of Institutions," "The Game of Collusion," "The Driving Force of Growth," "The Logic of Collective Action," "The Margins of Development," and "Scattered Notes on the South Seas."