【英】基斯·科尔克霍恩 英国新闻人、小说家，历任《每日先驱报》《观察家》《远东经济观察》编辑、记者，1982年起为《经济学人》工作，专事亚洲观察，1995年至2003年为《经济学人》讣告专栏编辑及主笔。另著有十一部黑色幽默风格小说。2010年去世。 “用自己独特的写作才华，将每一个写作对象的人生变为一篇优雅的短篇小说，同时调动对政治、历史和时事的了解，加入尖锐的评论。”（作者妻子在其讣告中的评论） 【英】安·罗 英国作家，1976年即加入《经济学人》，历任文化与艺术和美国专栏编辑，自2003年起任讣告栏编辑及主笔。另著有包含《成为雪莱》在内的多部历史传记。 “我不想写其他人如何看待这个人物，我只想知道他如何看待这个世界。我要进入人物的头脑。” “我最关心的是能否写出一个好故事。” “最理想的是找到活在完全不同的世界里的人。” “我们必须意识到，每个人...(展开全部)

Economists seem to be everywhere in the media these days. But what exactly do today's economists do? What and how are they taught? Updating David Colander and Arjo Klamer's classic "The Making of an Economist", this book shows what is happening in elite U.S. economics Ph.D. programs. By examining these programs, Colander gives a view of cutting-edge economics - and a glimpse at...(展开全部)

Economists seem to be everywhere in the media these days. But what exactly do today's economists do? What and how are they taught? Updating David Colander and Arjo Klamer's classic The Making of an Economist, this book shows what is happening in elite U.S. economics Ph.D. programs. By examining these programs, Colander gives a view of cutting-edge economics--and a glimpse at it...(展开全部)

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.