THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM: THE MUNK DEBATES
Book ID/图书代码： 06481020C00007
English Summary/英文概要： In Western societies, the capitalist system is facing a level of distrust not seen in decades. Economic inequality is rampant. Life expectancy is falling. The environment is being destroyed for profit. Political power is wielded by wealthy elites and big business. For capitalism’s critics, it is clear that the system is not designed to help average people. Their solution is a top-to-bottom reform of the “free market” along more socialist and democratic lines. For proponents of capitalism, however, this system has been the greatest engine of economic and social progress in history. Not only has capitalism made all of us materially better off, its ideals are responsible for everything from women’s rights to a cleaner environment to political freedoms. The answer to society’s current ills is more capitalism, more economic freedom, and more free markets.
The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis against Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks and New York Times columnist David Brooks to debate whether the capitalist system is broken.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在西方社会，资本主义制度正面临几十年来从未有过的不信任。经济不平等现象十分严重。预期寿命正在下降。环境正被人为地破坏。政治权力掌握在富有的精英和大企业手中。对于资本主义的批评者来说，很明显这个制度不是为了帮助普通人而设计的。他们的解决方案是沿着更加社会主义和民主的路线对“自由市场”进行自上而下的改革。然而，对于资本主义的支持者来说，这种制度是历史上经济和社会进步的最大引擎。资本主义不仅使我们所有人在物质上更加富裕，它的理想也对从妇女权利到更清洁的环境到政治自由的一切负有责任。社会当前弊病的答案是更多的资本主义、更多的经济自由和更多的自由市场。
第25届半年度蒙克辩论于2019年12月4日举行，《国家》杂志编辑主任和出版人卡特里娜•凡登•霍伊维尔、希腊前财政部长雅尼斯•瓦鲁法克斯与哈佛大学教授亚瑟•布鲁克斯和《纽约时报》专栏作家大卫•布鲁克斯在辩论资本主义制度是否已经崩溃。（WYL)
Awards/获奖情况：“我们需要在政治上组织起来，保护弱者，赋予多数人权力，并为扭转资本主义的荒谬局面做好准备。”——亚尼斯•瓦鲁法基斯
“We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many, and prepare the ground for reversing the absurdities of capitalism.” — Yanis Varoufakis
About the Author/作者介绍： 卡特里娜•凡登•霍伊维尔是《国家》杂志的编辑主任和出版人。《国家》是美国进步政治和文化的主要来源。她经常担任美国和国际政治方面的电视新闻评论员，每周为《华盛顿邮报》撰写专栏，并著有几本书，包括《我相信的改变: 在奥巴马时代为进步而奋斗》(黑体字)。
雅尼斯•瓦鲁法基斯是希腊政治家、经济学家和学者。2015年，他作为激进左翼联盟成员担任希腊财政部长，现在是他于2018年创立的左翼政党MeRA 25的议会成员。他拥有经济学博士学位，曾在剑桥大学做过研究员，在悉尼大学做过经济学讲座，在雅典大学做过经济理论教授。瓦鲁法基斯写了几本关于博弈论、微观经济学和宏观经济学的书，以及最畅销的回忆录《房间里的成年人: 我与欧洲根深蒂固的势力的斗争》(美国: 法勒、斯特劳斯和吉鲁；英国: 年份)。
阿瑟•布鲁克斯是哈佛大学教授、畅销书作家、《华盛顿邮报》专栏作家、华盛顿特区前主席总部设在美国企业研究所。他拥有佛罗里达大西洋大学的经济学硕士学位和圣莫尼卡兰德研究生院的公共政策博士学位。他的最新著作是全国畅销书《爱你的敌人:正派人如何能把美国从藐视文化中拯救出来》，他的其他著作包括纽约时报的畅销书《保守之心:如何建立一个更公平、更幸福、更繁荣的美国》、《自由之路:如何赢得自由企业之战》（2012)。
大卫•布鲁克斯是一位文化和政治评论员。他是《纽约时报》评论版的专栏作家，每两周一次，是PBS新闻一小时和NPR《综合考虑》节目的常客，也是《纽约时报》三本畅销书的作者: 《第二山: 道德生活的追寻》、《角色之路》和《社会性动物: 爱、性格和成就的隐藏来源》。布鲁克斯目前在耶鲁大学任教。
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL is the editorial director and publisher of the Nation, a leading American source of progressive politics and culture, and served as the magazine’s editor from 1995 to 2019. She is a frequent TV news commentator on U.S. and international politics, writes a weekly column for the Washington Post, and is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama (Bold Type).
YANIS VAROUFAKIS is a Greek politician, economist, and academic. He served as minister of finance of Greece in 2015 as a member of the Syriza party and now sits as a member of parliament for the MeRA 25, a left-wing party he launched in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in economics, was a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, lectured in economics at the University of Sydney, and was a professor of economic theory at the University of Athens. Varoufakis has authored several books on game theory, microeconomics, and macroeconomics, as well as the #1 best-selling memoir Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment (US: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; UK: Vintage).
ARTHUR C. BROOKS is a Harvard professor, bestselling author, a Washington Post columnist, and former president of the D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Master’s degree in economics from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in public policy from the RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica. His latest book is the national bestseller Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt (Broadside Books), and his other titles include the New York Times bestsellers The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier and More Prosperous America (US: Broadside Books; UK: HarperCollins), and The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise (Basic Books, 2012).
DAVID BROOKS is a cultural and political commentator. He is a bi-weekly columnist for the New York Times’ op-ed page, a regular analyst on PBS NewsHour and NPR’s All Things Considered, and the author of three New York Times bestselling books: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (US: Random House; UK: Allen Lane; Netherlands: Het Spectrum), The Road to Character (US: Random House; UK: Penguin; Germany: Kösel; Mexico: Oceano; Brazil: Intrinseca), and The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (US: Random House; UK: Short Books; Germany: Pantheon). Brooks currently teaches at Yale University.
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