战争、枪支与选票
Wars, Guns, and Votes
Paul Collier · 初版 2009 年
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在 Wars, Guns, and Votes 中，Paul Collier 调查了处于世界经济最底层的偏远小国中的暴力与贫困。作为知名经济学家和发展中国家问题的权威学者，Collier 指出，在世界上最危险的国家中推广选举与和平协议或许能导向一个勇敢的民主新世界。但与此同时，残酷而漫长的内战、军事政变和经济衰退却是常态——眼下如此，在可预见的未来亦是如此。通过创新性研究与敏锐分析，Collier 呈现了一幅令人大开眼界的
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……Jared Diamond 的《昨日之前的世界》（The World until Yesterday）。W. W. Bartley 的《承诺的退缩》（The Retreat To Commitment）。Bryan Caplan 的《理性选民的神话》（The Myth of the Rational Voter）。虽然书名叫这个，但它让我更加懂得欣赏民主了。还有 Paul Collier 的《战争、枪炮与选票》（Wars, Guns, and Votes）。
…World until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond. "The Retreat To Commitment" by W. W. Bartley. "The Myth of the Rational Voter" by Bryan Caplan. Despite the name it made me appreciate democracy a lot more. "Wars, Guns, and Votes" by Paul Collier.
……民主从让一个国家变得不稳定，转变为让它变得更稳定，我其实已经记不清具体数值是多少了，但中国就算现在还没迈过这个门槛，也很快就要迈过去了。我真得去重读一遍《战争、枪炮与选票》（Wars, Guns, and Votes）了。
…democracy goes from making a country less stable to making it more stable and I've actually forgotten exactly what the level was but China will be past it soon if it isn't already. I really have to re-read Wars, Guns, and Votes.
Dave Eggers 写的《Zeitoun》。讲述了卡特里娜飓风期间新奥尔良一个名叫 Zeitoun 的男人的悲惨故事。Paul Collier 的《Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places》。一位聪明人深入思考了如何推动失败国家走向民主并使其真正稳固下来。Barack Obama 的《我父亲的梦想》（Dreams from My Father）。一部不错的回忆录，……
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. A sad story about a guy named Zeitoun in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places by Paul Collier. Someone smart thinks about how to move failed states toward democracy in such a way that it sticks. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama. A good memoir,…
关于这个话题，有几本好书推荐：弗朗西斯·福山的《信任：社会美德与创造经济繁荣》，以及保罗·科利尔的《最底层的10亿人》和《战争、枪炮与选票：危险阶层的民主》。
A few good reads on the topic are F. Fukuyama "Trust: Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity" and P. Collier "The bottom Billion" and "Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places".