@胡释之
【阿尔钦(Armen Alchian)逝世,享年98岁】他被称为20世纪最重要的经济学家之一,是经济学家的经济学家、张五常的老师,没拿诺奖实在是他本人和诺奖的遗憾。她女儿说他是在睡梦中平静逝去。
@兰小欢
Alchain去世了,悼念。早年读过他的大学经济学,和他50年代著名的关于不确定性,演化和理性的论文。一个学者的影响力大小,可以看他以前的思想今天是不是学术常识。那篇50年代论文中的很多内容,像贝克尔当年的很多想法,今天大概算学术常识,不新鲜,不用读那论文也知道。这是影响力。
薛兆丰
邮箱里是六小时前 Arline 的来信,告诉我老 Armen 昨天清晨在家里睡觉时平静去世的消息。上个月才用快递送他和太太 Pauline 一幅油画作礼物,他们喜欢得不得了,餐厅放几天,卧室放几天。然而,礼物是她太太索要的,让我感到不祥。一次次设想过今天,但依然招架不住今天。追思 Armen Alchian 教授。
继布坎南之后,又一位经济学大师逝世,虽然阿尔钦没有获得诺奖,但这并不影响他在经济学中的地位。
悼念阿尔钦!
About the Author Armen A. Alchian is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Most of his major scientific contributions are in the economics of property rights.
Property Rights(阿尔钦关于产权的定义)by Armen A. Alchian
One of the most fundamental requirements of a capitalist economic system—and one of the most misunderstood concepts—is a strong system of property rights. For decades social critics in the United States and throughout the Western world have complained that “property” rights too often take precedence over “human” rights, with the result that people are treated unequally and have unequal opportunities. Inequality exists in any society. But the purported conflict between property rights and human rights is a mirage. Property rights are human rights.
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http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PropertyRights.html#abouttheauthor