Lombard Street began as a series of articles the esteemed essayist and financial advisor, Walter Bagehot had written for The Economist during the 1850s. First published in book form in 1873, it is a vivid description of the money market that seamlessly brings together theoretical analyses, historical anecdotes, and incisive commentary on sociology, politics, and the Street's va...(展开全部)

Lombard Street began as a series of articles the esteemed essayist and financial advisor, Walter Bagehot had written for The Economist during the 1850s. First published in book form in 1873, it is a vivid description of the money market that seamlessly brings together theoretical analyses, historical anecdotes, and incisive commentary on sociology, politics, and the Street's va...(展开全部)

Walter Bagehot's "Lombard Street", published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that helped define the role of modern central banks, particularly in times of crisis...(展开全部)

Walter Bagehot's "Lombard Street", published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that helped define the role of modern central banks, particularly in times of crisis...(展开全部)

I.B.辛格（1902—1991），美国犹太作家，20世纪短篇小说大师，被誉为“最伟大的现代意第绪语作家”。1902年生于波兰，父亲与祖父都是犹太教的拉比。早年进入犹太神学院深造，不久便辍学，开始写作生涯。二战前夕，迫于纳粹威胁移民美国，从事记者与专栏作家的工作，同时用意第绪语进行文学创作，以其独特的风格描画东欧犹太人的世俗与精神生活；著有短篇小说集、长篇小说、儿童故事集几十部，以及众多散文、回忆录等。自索尔•贝娄将其短篇小说《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》译为英文后，其作品备受批评界重视，好评如潮，斩获美国国家图书奖。1978年因“充满激情的叙事艺术，根植于波兰犹太人的文化传统，展现人普遍的人类境遇”获诺贝尔文学奖。

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

First published in France in 1936 as a journal article, The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. When it appeared, Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in provincial France and struggling to find a publisher for his most famous fictional work, Nausea . The Transcendence of the Ego is the outco...(展开全部)