In this book, two renowned political scientists show how the rules of politics almost always favour leaders who ignore the national interest and focus on serving their own supporters. For eighteen years, political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team turning the conventional wisdom of politics on its head. In "The Dictator's Handbook" t...(展开全部)

布鲁斯·布鲁诺·德·梅斯奎塔，纽约大学政治学系Julius Silver讲座教授、亚历山大•汉密尔顿政治经济学研究中心主任和斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员。他通过设立于纽约的咨询公司长期担任美国政府国家安全事务方面的顾问，也为众多公司提供谈判指导与结果预测方面的咨询服务。梅斯奎塔1971年从密歇根大学获得政治科学博士学位。2001—2002年他担任国际研究学会主席。他是美国艺术与科学院院士、美国对外关系理事会会员以及古根海姆基金会学者。梅斯奎塔迄今出版了16本书，超过120篇论文，并在《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《芝加哥论坛报》、《国际先驱论坛报》等报刊上发表过大量文章。 阿拉斯泰尔·史密斯，纽约大学政治学教授。他此前在圣路易斯华盛顿大学和耶鲁大学任教。他从美国罗彻斯特大学获得政治科学博士学位，从牛津大学获得化学学士学位。他从美国国家科学基金会获得...(展开全部)

In this title, two renowned political scientists make the contrarian, research-based case that - regardless of any other factors political scientists or historians may find relevant - the calculations and actions of rulers are the driving force of all politics, and the primary goal of rulers is to maintain power as long as possible. In this clever and accessible book, Bueno de ...(展开全部)

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

理查德•威尔金森（Richard Wilkinson），在社会因素对人类健康影响方面的研究领域成果卓著；曾在伦敦经济学院研究经济史，后修流行病学，现为诺丁汉大学医学院退休教授、伦敦大学学院荣誉教授及约克大学客座教授。 凯特•皮克特（Kate Pickett），约克大学流行病学教授，美国国立卫生研究院项目基金科学家，曾在剑桥大学研究身体人类学，在康奈尔大学研究营养科学，在加州大学伯克利分校研究流行病学。

It looks to me as if there is really only one question you are asking in each case. The question is: ‘what is really going on here?’” The remark was made by a colleague of Richard Rumelt at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, who had sat through several of Prof Rumelt’s strategy classes. Prof Rumelt, described by the McKinsey Quarterly as “the strategist’s strategist”, i...(展开全部)

Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100 company, an entrepreneur, a church pastor, the head of a school, or a government offic...(展开全部)

An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today’s youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement ed...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking book -- the first popular book on narcissism in more than a decade -- clinical social worker and psychotherapist Sandy Hotchkiss shows you how to cope with controlling, egotistical people who are incapable of the fundamental give-and-take that sustains healthy relationships. Exploring how individuals come to have this shortcoming, why you get drawn into t...(展开全部)

欧文·费雪（Irving Fisher，1867—1947），著名经济学家、数学家、耶鲁大学教授。他提出的“费雪方程式”，提高了人们对货币量与总体物价水平之间关系的认识。著有《利息理论》《货币的购买力》《繁荣与萧条》和《货币幻觉》《货币缩水》等。备受熊彼特、弗里德 曼、萨缪尔森、张五常等经济学家的推崇。