Friedman makes clear once and for all that no one is immune from monetary economics-that is, from the effects of its theory and its practices. He demonstrates through historical events the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system. Index.

Friedman makes clear once and for all that no one is immune from monetary economics-that is, from the effects of its theory and its practices. He demonstrates through historical events the mischief that can result from misunderstanding the monetary system. Index.

米尔顿•弗里德曼，诺贝尔经济学奖得主，美国斯坦福大学胡佛研究所资深研究员，芝加哥大学经济学荣誉教授，他与夫人及长期合作者罗丝•弗里德曼合著的《自由选择》一书，享誉世界。

米尔顿•弗里德曼，诺贝尔经济学奖得主，美国斯坦福大学胡佛研究所资深研究员，芝加哥大学经济学荣誉教授，他与夫人及长期合作者罗丝•弗里德曼合著的《自由选择》一书，享誉世界。

凯瑟琳•伊格尔顿与乔纳森•威廉姆斯是大英博物馆的专业馆长，分别精通现代货币以及罗马与铁器时代硬币。

When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomime some twenty times? Why in the eighteenth-century version of Little Red Riding Hood did the wolf eat the child at the end?...(展开全部)

罗伯特·达恩顿（Robert Darnton） 欧洲文化史专家 ，1939年出生于纽约，普林斯顿大学教授，著名欧洲文化史专家。他和他的著作曾获多项学术奖和图书奖，包括美国的麦克阿瑟奖奖金、美国的国家图书评论奖；以及法国的美第奇奖提名。本书为他赢得1979年美国历史学会的Leo Gershoy奖。

When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomime some twenty times? Why in the eighteenth-century version of Little Red Riding Hood did the wolf eat the child at the end?...(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)

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)