《PICC培训教材：保险基础知识（2014版）》是遵循科学创新、与时俱进的原则，在2006年版的基础上进行的一项工作。新修订的教材保持了原教材的基本框架，根据保险市场及公司业务发展，补充和调整了相关章节及内容。新修订的教材共分16章，力争突出内容新颖、结构完整、实操性强的特点。

Widely acclaimed for its engaging style and provocativeperspective, this book has helped thousands transform their workinglives. Now the paperback edition features a comprehensive 30-pageresource guide that explains the basics of working for oneself.

Will the sun set on the greatest currency in the history ofthe world? For decades the dollar has been the undisputed champ. It’s not onlythe currency of America but much of the world as well, the fuel ofglobal prosperity. As the superengine of the world’s onlysuperpower, it’s accepted everywhere. When an Asian company tradeswith South America, those transactions are done in dollars, thecurrency of international business. But for how much longer? Economists fear America is digging a holewith an economy based on massive borrowing and huge deficits thatcloud the dollar’s future. Will the buck be eclipsed by the euro oreven China’s renminbi? Should Americans worry when the value of themighty U.S. dollar sinks to par with the Canadian “loonie”? Craig Karmin’s in-depth “biography” of the dollar explores theseissues. It also examines the green-back’s history, allure, andunique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the Americanbuck became so almighty that $ became perhaps the most po

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In mainstream economic theory money functions as an instrumentfor the circulation of commodities or for keeping a stock of liquidwealth. In neither case is it considered fundamental to theproduction of goods or the distribution of income. Augusto Grazianichallenges traditional theories of monetary production, arguingthat a modern economy based on credit cannot be understood withouta focus on the administration of credit flows. He argues thatmarket asset configuration depends not upon consumer preferencesand available technologies but on how money and credit are managed.A strong exponent of the circulation theory of monetary production,Graziani presents an original and perhaps controversial argumentthat will stimulate debate on the topic.

本书内容分产业投资基金概述，产业生命周期与产业投资基金，产业投资基金的产生与发展，产业投资基金类型的比较，产业投资基金的运作机制，产业投资基金的评估等十章。

Natural Resources and Economic Development, first published in2005, explores a key paradox: why is natural resource exploitationnot yielding greater benefits to the poor economies of Africa, Asiaand Latin America? Part I examines this paradox both through ahistorical review of resource use and development and throughexamining current theories which explain the under-performance oftoday's resource-abundant economies, and proposes a frontierexpansion hypothesis as an alternative explanation. Part IIdevelops models to analyse the key economic factors underlying landexpansion and water use in developing countries. Part III exploresfurther the 'dualism within dualism' structure of resourcedependency, rural poverty and resource degradation withindeveloping countries, and through illustrative countrycase-studies, proposes policy and institutional reforms necessaryfor successful resource-based development.

This 1992 book examines alternative methods for achievingoptimality without all the apparatus of economic planning (such asinformation retrieval, computation of solutions, and separateimplementation systems), or a vain reliance on sufficiently'perfect' competition. All rely entirely on the self-interest ofeconomic agents and voluntary contract. The author considersmethods involving feedback iterative controls which require theprior selection of a 'criterion function', but no prior calculationof optimal quantities. The target is adjusted as the results foreach step become data for the criterion function. Implementation isbuilt in by the incentive structure, and all controls rely onconsistency with the self-interest of individuals. Theapplicability of all the methods is shown to be independent of theform of ownership of enterprises: examples are given for industrieswhich are wholly privately owned, wholly nationalized, mixed andlabour-managed.

In this indispensable book, urban visionary JaneJacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that asagrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on thebrink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobspinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay:community and family; higher education; the effective practice ofscience; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of thelearned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues,is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism,and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopefulbook as well as a warning. Drawing on her vast frame ofreference–from fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Ireland’scultural rebirth–Jacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can bearrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible,Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs’c

本书内容分产业投资基金概述，产业生命周期与产业投资基金，产业投资基金的产生与发展，产业投资基金类型的比较，产业投资基金的运作机制，产业投资基金的评估等十章。

In an important contribution to educational policy, DanieleChecchi offers an economic perspective on the demand and supply ofeducation. He explores the reasons why, beyond a certain point,investment in education has not resulted in reductions in socialinequalities. Starting with the seminal work of Gary Becker,Checchi provides an extensive survey of the literature on humancapital and social capital formation. He draws on individual dataon intergenerational transmission of income and education for theUSA, Germany and Italy, as well as aggregate data on income andeducational inequality for a much wider range of countries. Checchiexplores whether resources spent in education are effective inraising students' achievement, as well as analysing alternativeways of financing education. The Economics of Education thusprovides the analytical tools necessary to understand the complexrelationships between current income inequality, access toeducation and future inequality.

《资产证券化与结构化金融：金融的极限》是我目前见过的、少有的结合资本市场与商业银行业务的著作。看完《资产证券化与结构化金融：金融的极限》之后，我发现作者确实对商业银行业务有过扎实的学习与研究。当然，由于作者没有真正从事过商业银行业务，隔行如隔山，对商业银行的一些观点难免有些偏差。然而，资本市场的投资银行人员如此费心研究商业银行业务，确实让我产生了思考。这或许正是中国金融业混业经营趋势的外在体现。商业银行的从业人员也需要认真研究资本市场的业务了。

作为一本研究型的教材，《金融伦理学》的目的是开创完整的金融伦理学的理论框架和教学体系，即努力使金融学或相关专业学生通过这门课程，系统地透过伦理视角审视整个金融体系的运作，深刻地反思和检讨金融与伦理的辩证关系，理解金融体系内部的伦理冲突及其相关利益者之间的伦理关系，全面把握金融伦理的核心范畴和基本价值规范，从而确立一种有利于金融稳健运作、公众福利提升和社会和谐发展的崭新的金融伦理规则。《金融伦理学》对金融伦理的理论基础与金融市场和金融机构的伦理问题进行了全方位的探讨，对商业银行、投资银行、保险机构和资本市场的金融伦理规范进行了详尽的理论和案例研究，有很强的理论价值和实践价值。

逆向投资之所以会获得成功，是因为进行预测的投资者不知道自己的局限性所在。（大卫·德雷曼） 历经半世纪，四次全面改版的投资经典 1970年，《逆向投资策略（原书第4版）》前身《心理学与证券市场》面世。 1979年，经改版后的《逆向投资策略：证券市场成功心理学》面世。 1982年，79年版的《逆向投资策略》修订版问世。 1998年，临近世纪之交，德雷曼根据时代变化与十多年来积累的经验重写了《逆向投资策略》一书。 2012年，在华尔街经历了互联网泡沫与次贷危机的洗礼后，行为金融与投资心理的重要性日益凸显，在新世纪跨入第二个十年之际，德雷曼再次重新演绎了自己的这本经典著作，对章节结构进行了全面调整，最终将本书呈现给广大读者。 在本版《逆向投资策略（原书第4版）》中，德雷曼向读者展现了这样一个投资世界： 从心理学的角度诠

小林一三，日本实业家，日本第三产业先驱，创立了阪急电铁（箕面有马电气轨道）、宝冢歌剧团、阪急百货商店、东宝等企业。在阪急电铁沿线开展了城市开发和流通业，以此开创了日本式民营铁路经营的原型。他秉承的“大众为本”经营理念，极大地改变了现有的酒店业以及电影、戏剧界的经营方式，也开创了当今日本人城市生活方式的原型。本书解析了这个不断在日本开创新事业的绝代实业家的人生轨迹，揭示了他在革新与创造背后的不可动摇的成功法则。

Old Europe’s new crisis. Europe, the charming continent of windmills and gondolas. Butlately, Europe has become the continent of endless strikes anddemonstrations, bombs on the trains and subways, radical Islamiccells in every city, and ghettos so hopeless and violent even thepolice won’t enter them. In Spain, a terrorist attack promptsinstant capitulation to the terrorists’ demands. In France, thesuburbs go up in flames every night. In Holland, politicians andartists are murdered for speaking frankly about Islamicimmigration. This isn’t the Europe we thought we knew. What’s going on overthere? Traveling overland from London to Istanbul, journalist ClaireBerlinski shows why the Continent has lately appeared sobewildering—and often so thoroughly obnoxious—to Americans.Speaking to Muslim immigrants, German rock stars, French cops, andItalian women who have better things to do than have children, shefinds that Europe is still, despite everything, in the grip of thesame old

作者水皮，知名财经评论家，是财经新闻界的元老级人物，紧跟中国经济潮流二十余载。擅长以新闻手法解读经济方略，其专栏“水皮杂谈”拥有众多忠实读者，致力于为读者解读股市发展动向。本书以“风”为线索，记录了水皮在新一轮市场载浮载沉中的心路历程，是沉浸中国股市20余年经验积累的精华展现。 “风”来去无踪，却既有摧毁一切、又有催生万物的力量。跟水皮读懂股市之风，选时不如选势，不再被市场驾驭，成为市场的主宰者。

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