A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"- artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who've created them. In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market f...(展开全部)

A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"- artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who've created them. In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market f...(展开全部)

A captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest. No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare...(展开全部)

这是对 Spotify 的起源及其对音乐的影响的一次毫不留情的调查，将报道与尖锐的文化批评交织在一起，阐明了流媒体如何为听众和艺术家重塑音乐。 通过对业内人士、前 Spotify 员工和音乐家的一百多次采访，Mood Machine 带我们了解了当今高度整合的唱片业务的内部运作，展示了随着音乐越来越多地被列入播放列表、个性化和自动播放，发生了哪些变化。 音乐记者 Liz Pelly 在多年广泛报道流媒体的基础上，通过研究该公司所谓的双边市场的双方，详细描述了 Spotify 模式的后果：用他们的金钱和数据付费的听众，以及提供所有支持材料的音乐家。音乐行业以不透明而闻名，但 Pelly 在这里揭开了重要新闻的面纱，例如流媒体服务用低成本的库存音乐填充热门播放列表以及新的类似贿赂的做法的兴起。 尽管流媒体加剧了不平等现象，但佩利也从记录艺术家为争取更好模...(展开全部)

A pioneering classic in Dow Theory. "If you are a serious student of investing, you owe it to yourself to 'go back to the future' and read this book." -Charles B. Carlson, Editor of "Dow Theory Forecast". The Dow Theory is consistently one of the best strategies for understanding and predicting the stock market, and when it is applied as a method of predictable forecast, it is ...(展开全部)

A pioneering classic in Dow Theory. "If you are a serious student of investing, you owe it to yourself to 'go back to the future' and read this book." -Charles B. Carlson, Editor of "Dow Theory Forecast". The Dow Theory is consistently one of the best strategies for understanding and predicting the stock market, and when it is applied as a method of predictable forecast, it is ...(展开全部)

" A] captivating raconteur of all the greatest hits of behavioral, evolutionary and neuropsychology . . . Fascinating."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers, and why do people get so emotional about financial decisions? The national bestseller "The Mind of the Market" uncovers the evolutionary roots of our ec...(展开全部)

" A] captivating raconteur of all the greatest hits of behavioral, evolutionary and neuropsychology . . . Fascinating."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers, and why do people get so emotional about financial decisions? The national bestseller "The Mind of the Market" uncovers the evolutionary roots of our ec...(展开全部)

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-t...(展开全部)

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-t...(展开全部)