The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon but rather as an embodiment of greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In "The Sinister Way", Richard von Glahn examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong ...(展开全部)

In this study, the first of its kind in the English language, Richard von Glahn offers a definitive analysis of the economic, political, and social history of money and monetary policy during the Song, Yuan, Ming, and early Qing dynasties. Von Glahn presents a revisionist interpretation of previously held ideas about the effect of money and international trade in bullion on the...(展开全部)

The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon but rather as an embodiment of greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In "The Sinister Way", Richard von Glahn examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong ...(展开全部)

This volume presents an advanced treatment of critical topics in monetary economics and the models economists use to investigate the interactions between real and monetary factors. It provides extensive coverage of general equilibrium models of money, models of the short-run real effects of monetary policy, and game-theoretic approaches to monetary policy. Among the topics cove...(展开全部)

This volume presents an advanced treatment of critical topics in monetary economics and the models economists use to investigate the interactions between real and monetary factors. It provides extensive coverage of general equilibrium models of money, models of the short-run real effects of monetary policy, and game-theoretic approaches to monetary policy. Among the topics cove...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 卡洛•M.奇波拉（Carlo M. Cipolla），意大利著名经济史学家，加州大学伯克利分校经济史学教授，美国艺术与科学学院、美国哲学学会成员，英国皇家历史学会、意大利猞猁之眼国家科学院研究员，著有《两种文化之间》（Between Two Cultures）、《时钟与文化》（Clocks and Culture）等。 【译者简介】 苏世军，北京印刷学院教授、华中工学院（现华中科技大学）英语专业研究生、瑞典北欧公共卫生学院高级访问学者，多年来从事英语和西方文化教学与研究，在国内外发表《历史上最有影响的100人》《爱情的肖像》及“西方编辑出版理论与实务”系列教材等论著、译著、教材、词典20余部。

edited and with an introduction by Benjamin M. Friedman The connection between price inflation and real economic activity has been a focus of macroeconomic research--and debate--for much of the past century. Although this connection is crucial to our understanding of what monetary policy can and cannot accomplish, opinions about its basic properties have swung widely over the y...(展开全部)

A call for an end to aggressive monetary policy and a return to smart growth from an eminent researcher and former central banker. Central banks took extraordinary measures to stabilize markets and enhance growth after the financial crisis of 2008, but without giving much thought to the long-term consequences. It was a response, Raghuram Rajan argues, that set a dangerous prece...(展开全部)

Few doubt that China wants to be a major economic and military power on the world stage. To achieve this ambitious goal, however, the PRC leadership knows that China must first become an advanced information-based society. But does China have what it takes to get there? Are its leaders prepared to make the tough choices required to secure China’s cyber future? Or is there a fun...(展开全部)

Greg Austin is leader of the Policy Innovation Unit at the East-West Institute and the author of several highly regarded books on international security.