[英文原版]The Economic NaturalistbyRobertH.Frank 牛奶可乐经济学 牛奶可乐经济学-基本信息 书名:The EconomicNaturalist(牛奶可乐经济学) 出版日期:2008-04-03 ISBN:9780753513385 页码:256 装帧:平装 牛奶可乐经济学-内容提要 This book helps you discoverthesecrets behind hundreds of everyday enigmas. Why is there alightin your fridge but not in your freezer? Why do 24-hour shopsbotherhaving locks on their doors? Why did Kamikaze pilots wearhelmets?The answer is simple: economics. Economics doesn't justhappen inclassrooms or international banks. It is everywhere andinfluenceseverything we do and see, from the cinema screen to thestreets. Itcan even explain some of life's most intriguing enigmas.For years,economist Robert Frank has been encouraging his studentsto useeconomics to explain the strange situations they encounterineveryday life, from peculiar product design to the vagaries ofsexappeal. Now he shares
书目信息 书号: 9780857197689 装 帧: Paperback 作 者: Morgan Housel 页 数: 256 语 言:English 出版社: Harriman House Publishing 开 本: 137.16 x 213.36 x 22.86mm | 254.01g 出版日期:08 Sep 2020 以上信息均为网络信息,仅供参考,具体以实物为准
Capital 资本论1-3套装 卡尔 马克思 马克思倾其毕生心血写成的一部科学著作 被奉为工人阶级革命的 圣经 被誉为人类思想史上不朽的理论丰碑 《资本论》创造了一个崭新的思想体系。其研究世界的方法源于德国哲学、早期社会主义理论和政治经济学。马克思像黑格尔一样,相信能够用一个辩证法公式概括人类的进化历程。他认为,所有哲学家所做的一切都在于致力于解释世界,但他同时认为,问题的关键在于如何改变世界。 马克思在黑格尔辩证法的基础之上,颠覆了传统的 形而上学 ,建立了一个现实中得以实践的*的思想体系,一个影响到地球50%以上人口的学说体系。 《资本论》以唯物史观的基本思想为指导,通过深刻分析资本主义生产方式,揭示了资本主义社会发展的规律,同时也使唯物史观得到了科学的验证和进一步的丰
During a 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization, Rivoli, an economics professor at Georgetown, looked on as an activist seized the microphone and demanded, "Who made your T-shirt?" Rivoli determined to find out. She interviewed cotton farmers in Texas, factory workers in China, labor champions in the American South and used-clothing vendors in Tanzania. Problems, Rivoli concludes, arise not with the market, but with the suppression of the market. Subsidized farmers, and manufacturers and importers with tax breaks, she argues, succeed because they avoid the risks and competition of unprotected global trade, which in turn forces poorer countries to lower their prices to below subsistence levels in order to compete. Rivoli seems surprised by her own conclusions, and while some chapters lapse into academic prose and tedious de*ions of bureaucratic maneuvering, her writing is at its best when it considers the social dimensions of a global economy, as in chapters on the social networks of African used-clothin
这本畅销经典受到无数人的喜爱,它揭示出古老的“巴比伦寓言”的成功秘诀,被誉为关于节俭、理财和个人财富成功的励志书。 THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING CLASSIC Read by millions, this timeless book holds the key to success-inthe secrets of the ancients. Based on the famous "Babylonianprinciples," it's been hailed as the greatest of all inspirationalworks on the subject of thrift and financial planning. ACHIEVE PERSONAL WEALTH... This celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of-and asolution to-personal money problems.This is the original classicthat reveals the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, andmaking money earn even more money. Simply put: the originalmoney-management favorite is back!
Do economics and statistics succeed in explaining human socialbehaviour? To answer this question. Leland Gerson Neuberg studiessome pioneering controlled social experiments. Starting in the late1960s, economists and statisticians sought to improve social policyformation with random assignment experiments such as those thatprovided income guarantees in the form of a negative income tax.This book explores anomalies in the conceptual basis of suchexperiments and in the foundations of statistics and economics moregenerally. Scientific inquiry always faces certain philosophicalproblems. Controlled experiments of human social behaviour,however, cannot avoid some methodological difficulties not evidentin physical science experiments. Drawing upon several examples, theauthor argues that methodological anomalies prevent microeconomicsand statistics from explaining human social behaviour as coherentlyas the physical sciences explain nature. He concludes thatcontrolled social experiments are a frequently overrate
In a natural follow-up to his international bestseller "TheCrash of 2008: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets", GeorgeSoros reflects on what went wrong with the global economy, and howto get it back on track. The dire economic situation we findourselves in is not a result of economic forces alone, but of thepolicies pursued, and not pursued, by world leaders. In thiscollection of his recent writings on the global financialsituation, George Soros presents his views and analysis of keyeconomic policy choices leading up to, during, and following thefinancial crisis of 2008-2009. Soros explores domestic andinternational policy choices, like how to manage the (then)potential implosion of Fannie Mae Freddie Mac; options for"setting a floor" on the collapsing housing market; deployingmeasures to stem global contagion from the sub-prime crisis;alternative options for bailing out lesser developed countries andwhy this was vital; how to bring the credit default swap industryunder control; the structural pro
The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and best-selling author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree gives a bold, timely, and surprising picture of the state of globalization in the twenty-first century. In this brilliant #1 bestseller, "the most important columnist in America today" (Walter Russell Mead, The New York Times) demystifies the brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Thomas L. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. The World Is Flat is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.
Millions of readers have become familiar with George S.Clason's famous "Babylonian parables" through the distribution ofthese success secrets of the ancients by banks, insurancecompanies,investment houses, and employers. Acclaimed as thegreatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift andfinancial planning, these fascinating and informative stories have become a modernclassic in their field. In language as simple as that of the Bible,this book presents a sure path to prosperity and happiness. Itoffers an understanding of--and a solution to--your personalfinancial problems which will guide you successfully through alifetime. THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON is a book you will want toread yourself, recommend to friends, and give to young people juststarting out in life.
Profiting from China without getting burned is currently an obsession with the international investment community. The estimated size of the Chinese economy has just been revised upwards, making it the 4th largest in the world behind the US, Japan and Germany, and ahead of the UK but the idea that investing in China is a sure-fire, get-rich-quick investment story is dangerously misleading. The author of the bestselling "Investment Biker, Adventure Capitalist, and Hot Commodities", is providing a book that provides a window into what will soon be the most vital, most lucrative market of our time: China.While the Chinese economy has had an annual average growth of 9.4 percent since 1978, and despite the ongoing speculation about China's future, its stock market is now emerging from a six-year low. As the Chinese economy continues to lumber toward a free market system - and as the Chinese government inevitably unpegs its currency and opens its stock market to more foreign investment, Rogers foresees an abundance
What happens when advances in technologg allow mang things to be produced for more or less nothing? And what happens when those things are then made available to us for free? In his groundbreaking new book, The Long Tail author Chris Anderson considers a brave new world where the old economic certainties are being undermined by a growing flood of free goods - newspapers, DVDs, T-shirts, phones, even holiday flights. He explains why this has become possible - why fast-evolvingtechnologies, particularly the Internet, have caused production and distribution costs in many sectors to plummet to levels unthinkable even a decade ago. He shows how the flexibility provided by the online world allows producers to trade ever more creatively, offering items for free to make real or perceived gains elsewhere. He pinpoints the winners and losers in the Free universe. And he demonstrates the wags in which, as an increasing number of things become available for free, our decisions to make use of them will be determined by tw
In early 2009, many economists, financiers, and media punditswere confidently predicting the end of the American-led capitalismthat has shaped history and economics for the past 100 years. Yetthe U.S. economic model, far from being discredited, may bestrengthened by the financial crisis. In this provocative book,Anatole Kaletsky re-interprets the financial crisis as part of anevolutionary process inherent to the nature of democraticcapitalism. Capitalism, he argues, is resilient. Its first form,Capitalism 1.0, was the classical laissez-faire capitalism thatlasted from 1776 until 1930. NeYest was Capitalism 2.0, New DealKeynesian social capitalism created in the 1930s and eYestinguishedin the 1970s. Its last mutation, Reagan-Thatcher marketfundamentalism, culminated in the financially-dominatedglobalization of the past decade and triggered the recession of2009-10. The self-destruction of Capitalism 3.0 leaves the fieldopen for the neYest phase of capitalism's evolution. Capitalism islikely to transform
In 1953, South Korea was rated by the U.N. as the poorestcountry in the world. Five decades later, it is the fifteenthlargest economy. Now, South Korea's decisions on how to manage itssociety and its role as a modern democracy while also establishingits policy regarding reunification with North Korea will determinewhere the country will go in the next fifty years. "The New Korea"examines the political, economic, industrial, and societal aspectsof Korea today. Will it continue to enjoy an economic boom throughnew industries while competing against low-wage countries likeChina and India? Will it return to its role as a stomping groundfor other powers? And what should Westerners pay attention to interms of investment and business opportunities? As South Koreaenters the most critical phase of its journey, it is crucial thatwe understand the factors involving its decisions and evolution."The New Korea" is a fascinating account of what is and may becomethe state of this important region.
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades.
Published in 1778, The Wealth of Nations was the first book oneconomics to catch the public's attention. It provides a recipe fornational prosperity that has not been bettered since, based onsmall government and the freedom of citizens to act in their bestinterests. It reassuringly assumes no knowledge of its subject, andover 200 years on still provides valuable lessons on thefundamentals of economics. This deluxe, selected edition is astylish keepsake from the Capstone Classics series. This edition includes: An abridged selection of all 5 books for the contemporaryreader An original commentary offering new research and analysis byclassic literature guru Tom Butler-Bowdon A biography and chronology of Adam Smith's life and the eventssurrounding the original publication of the work Today, The Wealth of Nations is still essential reading for anybusiness or self-development library, reminding us that it is theingenuity and drive of people, not governments, that remains thesou
Written during the winter of 1857-8, the "Grundrisse" wasconsidered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration ofcommunist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital andmoney, it both develops the arguments outlined in the CommunistManifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were todominate his great later work "Capital". Here, for the first time,Marx set out his own version of Hegel's dialectics and developedhis mature views on labour, surplus value and profit, offering manyfresh insights into alienation, automation and the dangers ofcapitalist society. Yet while the theories in "Grundrisse" make ita vital precursor to "Capital", it also provides invaluablede*ions of Marx's wider-ranging philosophy, making it a uniqueinsight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of acommunist state.
An updated look at what Fischer Black's ideas on business cyclesand equilibrium mean todayThroughout his career, Fischer Blackdescribed a view of business fluctuations based on the idea that awell-developed economy will be continually in equilibrium. In theessays that constitute this book, which is one of only two booksBlack ever wrote, he explores this idea thoroughly and reaches somesurprising conclusions.With the newfound popularity of quantitativefinance and risk management, the work of Fischer Black has garneredmuch attention. "Business Cycles and Equilibrium"-with its theorythat economic and financial markets are in a continualequilibrium-is one of his books that still rings true today, giventhe current economic crisis. This "Updated Edition" clearlypresents Black's classic theory on business cycles and the conceptof equilibrium, and contains a new introduction by the person whoknows Black best: Perry Mehrling, author of "Fischer Black and theRevolutionary Idea of Finance" (Wiley). Mehrling goes inside
In the summer of 2003, the New York Times Magazine sent Stephen J. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. Levitt, a heralded young economist at the University of Chicago. Levitt was not remotely interested in the things that interest most economists. More... Instead, he studied the riddles of everyday lifefrom cheating to crime to child-rearingand his conclusions turned the conventional wisdom on its head. For instance, he argued that one of the main causes of the crime drop of the 1990s was the legalization of abortion twenty years earlier. (Unwanted children have a greater likelihood of becoming criminals; with so many unwanted children being aborted in the 1970s, the pool of potential criminals had significantly shrunk by the 1990s.) The Times article yielded an unprecedented response, a deluge of interest from thousands of curious, inspired, and occasionally distraught readers. Levitt and Dubner collaborated on a book that gives full play to Levitts most compelling ideas.