约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷思（John Kenneth Galbraith），哈佛大学保罗·M.沃伯格经济学名誉教授。他担任过美国驻印度大使，美国战略轰炸调查委员会主席、美国经济安全政策办公室主任、美国经济学会会长和许多政治职务，如美国人民争取民主行动组织的主席。在20世纪下半叶的前40年里，他笔耕不辍，撰写了三十多部著作，可谓是著作等身。包括《经济学与公共目标》、《价格控制理论》、《经济学和辩论艺术》、《1929年大萧条》、《丰裕社会》、《新工业国》、《不确定的年代》等。

在线阅读本书 Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text. The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and ...(展开全部)

Jonathan Culler’s Flaubert offers an introduction to the French novelist through perceptive and insightful readings of the entire body of his work. Rather than analyzing each of Flaubert’s novels as a unified artifact, the author has chosen to disperse and fragment them: to create from their fragments a context in which reading can take place. The first chapter, however, depart...(展开全部)

Jonathan Culler’s Flaubert offers an introduction to the French novelist through perceptive and insightful readings of the entire body of his work. Rather than analyzing each of Flaubert’s novels as a unified artifact, the author has chosen to disperse and fragment them: to create from their fragments a context in which reading can take place. The first chapter, however, depart...(展开全部)

From the former Governor of the Bank of Canada, a far-seeing guide to the powerful economic forces that will shape the decades ahead. The economic ground is shifting beneath our feet. The world is becoming more volatile, and people are understandably worried about their financial futures. In this urgent and accessible guide to the crises and opportunities that lie ahead, econom...(展开全部)

The Economics of Uncertainty and Information may be used in conjunction with Loffont's Fundamentals of Economics in an advanced course in microeconomics. Both texts provide a thorough account of modern thinking on the subject and a wealth of carefully chosen examples and problems.The first four chapters of The Economics of Uncertainty and Information summarize the essential too...(展开全部)

Economists have always recognised that human endeavours are constrained by our limited and uncertain knowledge, but only recently has an accepted theory of uncertainty and information evolved. This theory has turned out to have surprisingly practical applications: for example in analysing stock market returns, in evaluating accident prevention measures, and in assessing patent ...(展开全部)