“Excellent. . . . A funny and moving memoir, it is one of thefrankest accounts of race relations in America in recent years.”–The New York Times Book Review“With clarity, courage, and a deepfamiliarity with his literary predecessors–from James Joyce toJames Baldwin–Clemens has written a book as riven, wounded, and yetsurprisingly durable as its subject.” –Jeffrey Eugenides, author ofMiddlesex“Compelling. . . . his relationship to Detroit is rich andcomplex, brimming with experiences both hurtful and redemptive.”–The Los Angeles Times“Marvelous. . . . Passionate, intelligent.”–Entertainment Weekly
Why is Japan, a country that looked economically invincible a decade ago stagnating, while long-moribund Ireland booms? What qualities will insure the continued dominance in the new millennium of U.S. culture, society and business? In The Global Me, The Wall Street Journal's G. Pascal Zachary provides a provocative roadmap to the new civilization arising out of sweeping shifts in the world economy. He reveals—through vivid examples of individuals and institutions—that the key new determinants for economic, political and cultural success are, surprisingly, national diversity and a "mongrel" sense of self. Roaming the globe, Zachary shows how the rise of new forms of identity and migration are helping to determine exactly who will win and lose in the next century. Zachary's thesis isn't just about countries, but about individuals, too. In his tour of a new global civilization, we meet a fascinating gallery of characters who possess an intriguing mix of "roots" and "wings." Strong enough to know who they are
How can your name affect how well you do in life? What do estateagents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealerslive with their mothers? The answer: Freakonomics. It’s at theheart of everything we do and the things that affect us daily: fromsex to crime, parenting to politics, fat to cheating, fear totraffic jams. And we can use it to get to the heart of what’sreally happening under the surface of everyday life. This cultbestseller will show you how, by unravelling your life’s secretcodes, you can discover a totally new way of seeing the world.
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argues thatbusiness leaders need to understand the differences betweeneconomic policy on the national and international scale andbusiness strategy on the organizational scale. Economists deal withthe closed system of a national economy, whereas executives live inthe open-system world of business. Moreover, economists know thatan economy must be run on the basis of general principles, butbusinesspeople are forever in search of the particular brilliantstrategy. Krugman's article serves to elucidate the world ofeconomics for businesspeople who are so close to it and yet arecontinually frustrated by what they see.
This book is all about those moments when we "know" somethingwithout knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell. one of the world's mostoriginal thinkers, explores the phenomenon of the "blink", showinghow a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautiousdecision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you'll neverthink about thinking in the same way again....
《中国农村的金融发展--以农村信用合作社的改革为中心(英文版)》：I ammost grateful to Professor Masaaki ISHIDA of the Graduate School ofBioresources, Mie University, Japan. He was my doctoral instructorwho guided me into the academic world of economics. He is veryfamous in the research of agricultural policies and cooperatives,excelling at micro analy- ses of farmers' action. He has won a lotof academic awards from the Agricul- tural Economics Society ofJapan and The Farm Management Society of Ja- pan, etc. He also hasgreat personalities of wisdom, diligence and generos- ity. I feelvery fortunate to be one of the overseas students of ProfessorMasaaki ISHIDA.
