16.《财富的起源》The Origin of Wealth

The book we are talking about today is called The Origin of Wealth, a classic study in the field of complex economics, written by Professor Bainhoek of Oxford University in the UK. It is a classic work in the field of complex economics, written by Professor Bainhoek of Oxford University in the UK. Such a great book is almost out of reach for our Chinese readers. Today, let's talk about the story behind this book.
 In 2018, when Jane Learning was planning Brian Arthur's Complex Economics, he visited Arthur's personal website, which had a quote that struck him. The quote translates as: the economic field is undergoing the most profound change in over a hundred years. And this quote, not from Arthur himself, but from another book that Arthur quoted from, is The Origin of Wealth.
 Jane learnt to look at the English table of contents of this book on the Internet, and felt that it was a good book for systematic discussion of new ideas in economics. But he was puzzled by the delay in bringing such a book to China. Was it possible to buy the rights to this book? It turned out that other publishers had considered introducing this selection, but it was too much trouble and had to be abandoned. The copyright agent also strongly advised him to drop the selection.
 By chance, Brian Arthur, the author of Complex Economics, was visiting China, and Jane seized the opportunity to ask Arthur to contact Professor Bainhoek, who, after all, was an old acquaintance of the Santa Fe Institute, and whose research was on the subject of "complex economics". Jane then sent a message to Bainhoek on Twitter, expressing her strong desire to introduce the book. A few weeks later, Bainhoek sent Jane the good news that he had personally asked for and facilitated the introduction of Chinese rights.
 See, wasn't that a close call? Had it not been for Jane's attention and Arthur's visit to China, we Chinese readers would have missed out on this great book.
译文：
今天要聊的这本书，叫《财富的起源》，这是一本研究复杂经济学领域的经典作品，作者是英国牛津大学的拜因霍克教授。这样一本好书，咱们中国读者却差点无缘读到。今天，我们就来聊一聊这本书背后的故事。
 2018年，简学在策划布莱恩·阿瑟的《复杂经济学》时，访问了阿瑟的个人网站，网站上有一段话打动了他。这句话翻译过来是：经济领域正在经历一百多年来最深刻的变化。而这句话，不是阿瑟自己说的，而是阿瑟引用的另一本书，这本书就是《财富的起源》。
 简学在网络上看了一下这本书的英文目录，感觉是系统讨论经济学新思想的好书。但令他困惑的是，这样一本书却迟迟没有引进国内。有没有可能买到这本书的版权呢？原来，这个选题其他出版社也曾考虑引进，但是太费周折，不得不放弃。版权代理公司也强烈建议他放弃这个选题。
 碰巧的是，《复杂经济学》的作者布莱恩·阿瑟刚好来中国访问，简学抓住机会，请阿瑟帮忙联系拜因霍克教授，毕竟，阿瑟和拜因霍克是圣塔菲研究所的老相识，研究的主题都是“复杂经济学”。随后，简学又在Twitter上给拜因霍克留言，表达想引进这本书的强烈愿望。没想到，几周之后，拜因霍克就给简学发来了好消息，他亲自过问并促成了中文版权的引进。
 你看，是不是好险？要不是简学的留心，还有阿瑟恰好来中国，我们中国读者就要错过这本好书了。