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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 80

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

In the first instance, one man was enriched, and many others were impoverished. At first sight, marvellous as the invention proves itself to be, we hesitate to decide whether it is hurtful or useful. It seems to introduce into the world, as I have said, an indefinite element of inequality. Guttemberg profits by his invention, and extends his invention with its profits indefinitely, until he has ruined all the copyists. As regards the public, in the capacity of consumer, it gains little; for Guttemberg takes care not to lower the price of his books, but just enough to undersell his rivals.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 80 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

起初,古腾堡致富,许多抄书人破产。乍看之下,这项发明虽奇妙,却让人犹豫它到底有害还是有用,似乎引入了无限的不平等。古腾堡靠发明获利,并不断扩张,直到挤垮所有抄书人。对消费者来说,好处起初也不大,因为古腾堡不会大幅降价,只降到能击败对手的程度。巴斯夏提醒:创新初期的确残酷,但这不是终点。

上下文

巴斯夏描述印刷术初期对抄书行业的冲击,以及发明者的定价策略。

今日一问

面对创新初期的阵痛,你会急着下结论吗?

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