A provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes. What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater wealth? These are some of the questions that many asked themselves when the financial s...(展开全部)

Early in the age of affluence that began after World War II, retailing analyst Victor Lebow declared: "Our enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption...We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replac...(展开全部)

In recent years, economic growth has been regarded as a self-evident good, with political debate focussed on the best means to achieve it. But there are now signs that this shared assumption is weakening. Anger at 'greedy' bankers and their 'obscene' bonuses has given way to a deeper dissatisfaction with an economic system geared overwhelmingly to the accumulation of wealth. Hu...(展开全部)

In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong? Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to 'the good life'. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to th...(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world. Cybersemiotics provides such a framework. By integrating cybernetic information theory into the ...(展开全部)

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world. Cybersemiotics provides such a framework.By integrating cybernetic information theory into the u...(展开全部)