艾哈迈德·巴纳菲是沙特中央银⾏（SAMA）首席投资顾问。他早前即就职于沙特货币局（现中央银⾏）投资部，实务和研究经历超过四⼗年，深谙沙特经济、金融体系和中央银⾏，是中东产油国经济、金融和其他资源型经济体研究的资深专家。著有《沙特阿拉伯金融市场》（1993 年），且在国际清算银⾏多次发表专业文章。 罗⾥·麦克劳德于1985年至1989年担任沙特阿拉伯货币局投资部门的顾问，后担任 Objective Analysis Ltd 的董事总经理，经常与SAMA合作。

[英]丹•科纳汉，金融专家，作家。在伦敦金融城工作十几年，是投资管理、公司融资、股票市场的专家。进入金融界之前，他曾在《每日邮报》做过五年的记者，并担任《经济学人》和《观察家》的撰稿人。 为写作本书，他历时三年研究英格兰银行，采访了众多英格兰银行过去和现任的高管，以及诸多英国财政部、美联储和伦敦金融城里的风云人物，写成了这本真实呈现央行运作的独特作品。 为了中文版的出版，作者在原版基础上修订了部分内文，并增补了约20%的内容。

The Theory of Monetary Institutions covers free banking monetary thought and a theoretical account of the evolution of monetary institutions.

One of the most basic and important distinctions we draw is between those entities with the capacity of agency and those without. As humans we enjoy agency in its full-blooded form and therefore a proper understanding of the nature of agency is of great importance to appreciate who we are and what we should expect and demand of our existence. The Routledge Handbook of Philosoph...(展开全部)

China's rise as a global economic superpower, the success of its top companies, and its continuing domestic boom is intricately tied to China Development Bank (CDB). This less-than-transparent institution, which is wholly owned by the Chinese government, has become the financial enabler of this nation's growth and is arguably the most powerful bank in the world. While developme...(展开全部)

China's rise as a global economic superpower, the success of its top companies, and its continuing domestic boom is intricately tied to China Development Bank (CDB). This less-than-transparent institution, which is wholly owned by the Chinese government, has become the financial enabler of this nation's growth and is arguably the most powerful bank in the world. While developme...(展开全部)

Gathering 49 readings on a variety of topics science and pseudoscience; rationality, objectivity, and values in science; laws of nature; models of explanation, among others this anthology introduces students to the often challenging problems examined by major thinkers in the field. Combine this with thoughtful and thorough apparatus, and Philosophy of Science: The Central Issue...(展开全部)

理查德•弗朗西斯•伯顿 Sir Richard Francis Burton，1821-1890 十九世纪英国最具传奇性的人物，他的一生兼具多种身份：外交官、间谍、语言天才、民族学家、翻译家、诗人以及探险家，其经历精彩刺激，有如“印第安纳•琼斯”一般，令人称奇与着迷。 伯顿通晓25种语言和15种方言，出版43卷探险记，30卷译著。他是第一个发现非洲坦噶尼喀湖的欧洲人，考察过索马里穆斯林禁地哈勒尔，还曾以“天生的”穆斯林身份去麦加、麦地那朝觐，也是第一个进入麦加的欧洲人。

Gathering 49 readings on a variety of topics science and pseudoscience; rationality, objectivity, and values in science; laws of nature; models of explanation, among others this anthology introduces students to the often challenging problems examined by major thinkers in the field. Combine this with thoughtful and thorough apparatus, and Philosophy of Science: The Central Issue...(展开全部)

With $4.5 trillion in total assets, the People's Bank of China now surpasses the U.S. Federal Reserve as the world's biggest central bank. The Rise of the People's Bank of China investigates how this increasingly authoritative institution grew from a Leninist party-state that once jealously guarded control of banking and macroeconomic policy. Relying on interviews with key play...(展开全部)