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Coase speech in the Conference on China’s Economic Transformation

I now have the very pleasant task of welcoming you to this Conference on China’s Economic Transformation. When Steven Cheung wrote in 1982 his pamphlet for the Institute of Economic Affairs in London on the question “Will China go capitalist?” a question that he answered in the affirmative, I was one of the few people who agreed with him. But I thought in terms of 100 or 200 years, not 25 or 30 years. What happened in China was a complete surprise to me, its scale, its character and speed –– which means that I did not understand what was going on. I therefore determined to hold a conference that would uncover the facts about this extraordinary series of events. We sought out those best able to inform us, academics, businessmen, government officials, about the facts about what happened. I think we succeeded. We have a series of fine papers that greatly enlighten us about what has happened in the years since 1978. As we intent to publish an edited version of these papers (and of the discussions) in a book, they will inform a much wider audience. Of course, although we will learn a great deal about what happened, it is not to be expected, although some things will be made clear, that there will be complete agreement in the views expressed –– nor is it desirable that there should be. A subject in which everyone says the same thing is a dead subject and one which will not progress. Competition in the market for ideas is as valuable as in the market for goods. The truth is found as a result of the clash of ideas. And it will be so at this conference.

Our first paper by Steven Cheung will be delivered by him on DVD. It is long (about 2 hours) and I decided to divide it into two parts, each about an hour in length with an interval with refreshments in between. Unfortunately, one of our important discussants, Professor Mundell, will not be able to attend on the first day but will give his views on Tuesday morning. I should explain here that while I speak as though I organized this conference, in fact all I did was to have the idea that such a conference would be a good thing. The actual organization of the conference was carried out by Ning Wang, assisted more recently by Lennon Choy and Marjorie Holme. I have been largely a spectator and admirer of their work. I should also say that, approaching 98 years of age later this year, I get extremely tired and almost certainly will not be able to attend all the sessions. But those who present papers at sessions I do not attend should realize that my absence is in no sense of judgment on the worth of their papers.

I now turn to Steven Cheung’s talk. I came to know Steven when he came to Chicago from UCLA in 1967 on a fellowship and was later in 1968 appointed an assistant professor. I don’t remember how we met. But when we did, we formed an immediate bond and we had the most enjoyable and productive talks together. Unfortunately for Chicago, he decided to leave Chicago and go to the University of Washington where he had as colleagues Douglass North and Yoram Barzel. However, our relationship did not end and Steve wrote a series of splendid articles published in the Journal of Law and Economics of which I was editor. Then, in 1981, Steve received an offer from the University of Hong Kong. I urged him to accept. I thought it would be a fine place to observe what was happening in China. Just how valuable it would be I did not then realize. But you will learn from his talk what he has gained from his close observation of events in China over the years. I won’t hold up this really important talk any longer. So here we have Steven Cheung speaking on China’s Economic Transformation.

The View from Chicago

"He's much more intellectual, much more thoughtful, much more interested in discussion, debate, and dialogue than the typical politician. And that gives me some confidence about him, even though from my perspective he's much too liberal. I've never voted for a Democrat in my entire life. He's the first one I might vote for."

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Contextual Thinking not Wishful Thinking

“比较靠谱”

Interaction,Individual,Institution

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Interactions of individuals and institutions, markets and trade are analyzed and understood today using the models Hurwicz developed.[1]

The purpose of education int the future.

“The purpose of education in the future will not be to create people with heads crammed full of knowledge, but to rear children who know how to efficiently use the whole brain. Rearing children with enormous ability, rich creativity, and the capability to make use of high proportion of their brain should be the goal of child rearing."

Professor Makoto Shichida

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inmate

inmate n. 同住者, 同室者(特指在医院、监狱), 居民

习惯用语:
be the inmate
of 同住在
be the inmate of sb.'s heart 留在某人心中

我能讲59种语言

"当时，贝鲁特有一家书店能买到世界上所有语言的入门手册和录音带。只要我有了点钱，就会去买尽可能多的入门手册回来，形成了自己的学习方法。这十分简单。首先听录音带，这能让我开始学习语音。几天内我就能掌握这部分。接下来学习语法，这会花费更多的时间——特别是如果要学习新字母表的话——但让我即使在复杂场合，也能够表达自己的意思。"

----《我能讲59种语言》

去中国印度买股票？

有一种想法颇具吸引力：亚洲股市目前存在一个买入机会。经过今年以来的大举抛售，中国和印度股市现在肯定比以前更加物有所值。这种思想可能是印度股市昨日大幅反弹背后的原因。

It is tempting to believe that there is a buying opportunity in Asian stocks. After the savage sell-offs in China and India so far this year, they are certainly better value than they were. Such sentiment probably lay behind yesterday’s big bounce for Indian stocks.