Manhattan Reborn 1978

The town of Morrison.

The car stopped on the street in front of David's house.

David got out of Martin's car and took out a thick stack of books from the back seat.

Martin was amused when he saw his look, and he stepped forward to help pick up a pile of books: "You will probably have to look at books like this for a while if you borrow them like this. It seems that I won't see you in the Flintstone Library in the future. Already?"

David hugged them and closed the car door with his legs: "Yes, I plan to take a few days to simply look at them all."

"I'll tell you a secret, Martin!"

"There is a big gold mine in these books, a super gold mine worth dozens or tens of billions of dollars!!"

Martin smiled and looked at the books in his hands: "Man, if they are worth that much money, when you get rich, you must buy me a luxury car! ~ Just the latest Cadillac, how about it?"

"okok! You will definitely receive this gift!"

The two chatted and laughed and walked to the door of the house.

Inside the house, Sierra's mother, who had heard the noise, opened the door for the two of them.

"David, what are you...?"

David strode in with the book in his arms and said, "Mom, this is Professor Martin from Princeton University. He and Professor Nash and his wife are old classmates and old friends. He is the one who sent me back today!"

"Martin, this is my mother, Sera."

"Hello, Ms. Coleman!" Martin greeted David from behind.

"Hello Martin, welcome! Call me Sierra, thank you for sending David back."

"Martin, give me the book!" David put the book on the sofa in the living room, then turned back and took the book from Martin's hand.

Sierra smiled and enthusiastically let Martin in and closed the door: "You go sit in the living room first, I am making a cherry cake, you must try it!"

"Okay, Sierra!"

After David put the book away, he took Martin to sit down and take a rest.

After Martin sat down, he looked at David who was slumped on the sofa diagonally opposite, and asked with a smile: "Are you taking a rest?"

"No, Martin, I'm thinking! I'm wondering how to find gold in these books!"

"You don't really want to spend a few days reading all the books here, do you?"

As he spoke, Martin picked up two of the books, "Security Analysis" and "Memoirs of a Stock Operator."

He put down the two books he was holding and picked up several others, all by John Maynard Keynes.

When Martin was in the library just now, he really didn't pay much attention to the books David had borrowed.

"Do you want to read these books? Do they contain the gold you mentioned?"

David collapsed on the sofa like a tired and paralyzed man.

He waved his hand and said: "They contain the knowledge that I really need to find now. I need to fill the knowledge blind spots in my mind."

"Take the book by Keynes in your hand as an example. He concluded in the book that there is no invisible hand in the market that can transform the interests of four people into social interests!"

"The current economic crisis and unemployment cannot be eliminated by the government just by doing nothing."

"Keynes believed that only the visible hand, that is, comprehensive government intervention in the economy, could get rid of the problems of economic depression and unemployment."

Martin put down the book in his hand and nodded: "Yes, Adam Smith's invisible hand has his own explanation. This hand was inspired and restricted by the development of the times at that time. If it is completely copied If you use some of the theories in "The Wealth of Nations" to do things, you will definitely get into trouble!"

"Haha~ It seems we think the same thing!"

Sierra’s mother came over with a plate at this time: “David, get up and sit down quickly!”

"Martin, come and try the coffee, and this little cake. I just learned it from someone else."

Martin thanked him politely, and then tasted the coffee and cake: "It's very delicious! Sera!"

"Thank you! Martin!"

David got up, took a piece of cake, and put the whole piece into his mouth: "Mom, the lunch you brought me is too little. I'm still a little hungry. Can you give me some more cakes?"

Sera rolled her eyes at her son speechlessly, smiled and let the two of them talk first, then she turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Martin was eating cake, drinking coffee, and looked at a thin book that was revealed after several books were taken away.

"Analysis of Anti-Inflation Policies", 1977 revised edition!

He pointed to the book and asked David: "Are you still interested in William Phillips?"

David glanced at the title of the book, nodded, and continued to slump: "His research on inflation, and the famous one: the Phillips Curve."

Martin frowned and said, "Do you know his famous debate that started in 1960?"

"Of course, man! The transcript and analysis of that debate are at the bottom of that stack of books."

"Then you may not know that one of the participants in this debate, Milton Friedman, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 76."

"His speech after receiving the award was about the evolution of the Phillips Curve!"

"what?"

And this thing?

David really doesn’t know!

He hasn't found Milton Friedman's book in the library yet. Maybe he's not looking in the right place?

But David had to admit that there were too many books in the Flintstone Library.

Many of the books he was looking for were not found.

David scratched his forehead, "Where is Milton Friedman at that university?"

"University of Chicago, he didn't retire until 76. That's the year he won the Nobel Prize."

"Retired after success!?"

Martin put down the coffee cup in his hand: "Yes, if I can also win the Nobel Prize, I will retire right now and enjoy life!"

"You? I think there is no hope!"

"You!~~Okay, I have no hope. Haha~"

"But if you want to read Keynes's work, it's best to read another person's book."

"Who?"

"Paul Samuelson! Winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics."

wow~

Another great god?

"Why are you recommending his book? He was a supporter of Keynes?"

"Yes! He should be regarded as the main representative of Keynesian attention in the United States."

"He integrated neoclassical economics and created the neoclassical comprehensive school."

"The most important thing is that in 1970, Samuelson, then 55 years old, was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics!"

"The first one? Oh my god...is he retired now too?"

Martin shrugged and spread his hands: "The answer is yes! In 1971, he won the Einstein Award from the National Academy of Sciences, and then chose to take a rest. He previously worked at MIT, and later went to Washington and worked for several years. Then you get your pension.”

"In 70, after he received the award from Stockholm, when he returned to New York, thousands of people welcomed him with the highest courtesy."

"At the celebration reception held for him, he told everyone passionately: I can tell you how to win the Nobel Prize. One of the secrets is to have the guidance of a famous teacher!"

"Paul Samuelson has never forgotten the careful teachings of his teacher, Professor Hansen Alvin!"

"Then Samuelson has achieved the highest achievement in his life, right? Maybe people in the future will surpass him soon!"

David listened to Martin's story. He lay his head back on the sofa and looked at the ceiling above his head.

Awards and achievements!

David said the words just now and opened the system panel in his mind.

Achievement Points: 0

He looked at the panel and thought and guessed.

In some fields, is there any correlation between obtaining some achievements and achievement points?

So how do you get achievement points?

Do you have to write a book, gain recognition from more people, and win big awards in order to gain achievement points?

It also. . .

In this life, he barely graduated from high school!

David in his previous life was not really a top student!

Write a book? . . .

This is too difficult!

amount.

Does writing a best-selling novel count?