普通人为啥要懂点“货币”?

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-22Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-22

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编者按:8月14日至20日,2024上海书展暨“书香中国”上海周在上海展览中心举行。其间,由解放日报·上观新闻出品的视频访谈节目“高访”,推出2024上海书展特别访谈系列节目,邀请知名作家、学者等走进访谈间,解读书中的“人文密码”。

本期,青年经济学者、FT中文网经济主编徐瑾,带来了新书《货币简史》,揭开货币的本质和运行逻辑。

马克思曾引用英国政治家、经济学家格莱斯顿的一句话:“受恋爱愚弄的人甚至还没有因钻研货币本质而受愚弄的人多。”

货币,到底是什么?

在大多数人眼中,货币就是一般等价物。事实上,信用才是隐藏在“一般等价物”背后的本质。

“货币很难懂,但又很重要。在我的公众号里,有一个读者说,他一直想搞清楚手里的这张‘纸’到底对应着怎样的商品和服务,凭什么能够决定很多人的命运。我深受触动。我想写一本通俗易懂的书,让货币尽可能对普通人友好一点。”徐瑾说。

在《货币简史》前,徐瑾“货币三部曲”的前两部——《白银帝国》《货币王者》先行问世,分别聚焦中国经济史和欧美中央银行,用专业的视角进行深入研讨。

2020年,《货币简史》初稿已经完成,但徐瑾没有急于付梓,而是在自己的公众号里做内测,并根据读者的反馈反复打磨。她发现货币相关专业术语佶屈聱牙,诸如M1、M2等概念许多人“无数次记住了含义,却又无数次把它忘掉”。

“记不住,是因为这个知识确实没有和你发生血肉联系。我们需要把这些字符放到经济框架中分析,而不是仅仅看到其中一个数据。短期的波动对于普通人来说意义不大,但当你真正理解它背后的经济学含义时,一切都会豁然开朗。”徐瑾说。

前些年,比特币大火,数字货币与传统货币的较量迎来高潮。在徐瑾看来,数字货币代表着未来,但能够走多远,并非取决于数字货币的信仰者。

“主流监管才是起决定性作用的。目前为止,数字货币还是一个有着较大风险的投资品。”徐瑾说,数字货币就像一个孩子,还没有定型,有无限的可能性。

“写过去的历史,是在回看一些可能的路径;写数字货币,我却身处在这段历史其中。能够参与、见证它的成长,我非常兴奋。”徐瑾说。

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来源:作者:俞宏浩

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