六年，六天Six Years, 6 Days

Very interesting book. At least, if you like reading about how countries industrialized, and the theories on how to effectively do so. Allen does a good job of explaining a rather convincing theory that high wages drove investments in high-capital labor saving devices/methods, which forms a positive feedback cycle, as the high-capital devices allow wages to increase, and so higher-capital devices can be introduced economically. He also gives good accounts of other theories of how economic history such as staples (use a "staple" product to grow by exporting it), and industrial planning. He tackles every area of the world and pretty much every time from 1500 (mostly focusing on Europe for the early times). Japan, Russia, Korea, Taiwan, and China get special mentions for accomplishing the catch-up of GDP/capita with Western Europe, with some thoughts on how and why. Overall, just an interesting viewpoint as to how the world has gotten where we gotten. Allen does a good job of pointing out problems with theories and also accepting that no simple explanation will probably due. He ends with "The best policy to effect economic development, therefore, remains very much in dispute," which I think is a fitting ending for an area with so many uncertainties.

伟大的拉奇医生，做正确的事就是高尚的尊重，信仰的力量如此强大。书中的每一个人物刻画得都是多面的，也是有对照面的，尤其在黑暗中，显得如此鲜明，震撼！Blessing you.

其他都挺好的，阮玉和母亲的矛盾关系实在不妥。孩子对母亲性子软弱的寒心，最后与母亲疏远关系，最是让我心寒的，有的母亲为了不让自己和孩子受累，带着孩子一起去死。你这因为母亲性情软弱，孩子就起了愤恨，在异常艰难情况下护了母亲（一年还是两年我忘记了）就说是已报了养育之恩，要分的明白清楚，当真是荒唐，以至于我觉得这部剧的三观都有问题，笔者的文笔流畅，还是不错，能接受这部剧的观念的人，可一观。