BERKELEY – Harvard professor Dani Rodrik – perhaps the finest political economist of my generation – recently reported on his blog that a colleague has been declaring the past three decades “the Age of Milton Friedman.” According to this view, the coming to power of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Deng Xiaoping led to an enormous upward leap in human liberty and prosperity.
伯克利—哈佛教授Dani Rodrik—可能是我们这一代最好的政治经济学家—最近在他的博客里说他的一位同事将过去的三十年称为“米尔顿•弗里德曼时代”。根据他的观点，里根、撒切尔和邓小平执政使人类自由与繁荣的水平得到极大的提升。对这一观点，我既认可也否定。