Tasker Smith

Every so often a work of history appears that radically changes our understanding of people, place and period. Chinese Christian is such a work. This book asks questions about Hong Kong that have neve

This groundbreaking volume critically examines how writers in Japanese-occupied northeast China negotiated political and artistic freedom while engaging their craft amidst an increasing atmosphere of

「臨時性」構成香港都市設計裡相當重要的詞彙。在高度都市化的香港，城市面貌時刻在變動，變與適應成了我們的文化基因，並體現在街頭巷尾的布局與空間挪用。1976年起定居香港的Peter Cookson Smith是建築師及城市規劃師。他這輯街頭寫真記錄了香港不斷發展，當中不少流逝的景象已烙印為社會記憶的一部份。

阿當‧斯密夫(Adam Smith)是近代經濟學的鼻祖，引用他的著作來替經濟政策辯護的論著很多；然而，探討他所構思的社會經濟理論背後的道德理論基礎的論著卻很少。本書作者正是從道德理論的層面來探討斯密夫社會經濟學說的立論基礎。

In ancient times, scholars such as Confucius and Aristotle expounded on the virtue of the “middle way” or “intermediate,” an ideal point of moderation or balance between the extremes of human behavior. Adam Smith, widely considered the father of modern economics as we know it, also encouraged propriety in his first work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Since then, different schools of economics have continued to incorporate the idea of propriety into their theories, for example in such concepts as equilibrium and bounded rationality, though few economists have defined it explicitly. In light of growing uncertainty and polarization around the world, propriety economics offers alternative solutions for markets, governments, and everyday citizens.This book embarks on a thorough review of Eastern and Western philosophies of propriety over the past 2,500 years, followed by an investigation of the ideas of propriety found in five key schools of economics: classical, neoclassical, institution

自中國的孔子倡導「中庸」、古希臘的亞里士多德推崇「適度」以來，人類追求「中庸」「適度」的理想已經超過了兩千五百年。適度哲學的定義和要素，主要包括中間性、平常性、主觀性、動態性、和合性與價值相對性，它們為適度經濟學的適度思想界定了基本的原則和規範。適度經濟學思想的理論，主要反映在亞當・斯密（Adam Smith）的平衡供需、馬歇爾（Alfred Marshall）的均衡價格、康芒斯（John Rog