《高尚的经济学》却以最近二十年来的经济学进展证明，从一开始经济学的主要目的就不是研究如何赚钱，而是剖析人性和人类行为模式，研究经济发展和人类福利水平的提高。经济学是一门前所未有的充满人性的实用科学；经济学家既不是只讲金钱的人，也不是离群索居在象牙塔里搞一堆无聊模型的人，他们和其他的人一样，既受道德律令的制约，也受经济动机的驱动，关注这个世界上的各种热闹，只不过他们关注、分析这些热闹的方法与众不同。长期以来，经济学被视为一门研究如何赚钱的沉闷科学，经济学家也被视为冷酷无情、只讲金钱的一个群体。 《高尚的经济学》还证明了近年来，大量可获得的数据、不断提高的计算能力以及诸如博弈论这样的方法，改变了经济理论和实践，并使经济学家在理解人类真实行为上取得了重大进展。借用心理学、进化论和复杂理论的研究成果，经济学家向政策制定者展现了一幅全新的人类社会图景。经济学家...(展开全部)

哈佛大学经济学博士、大英帝国勋章获得者黛安娜•科伊尔全新视角权威通俗解读现代经济学。中国社会科学院金融所杨涛教授倾情作序推荐！！！ 本书指出，经济学并非高深莫测、晦涩难懂的学科，而是激情盎然、妙趣横生的经济生活指南。本书将经济学内在的深刻原理与奥妙之处娓娓道来，是一本通俗易懂、系统规范地阐释经济学的著作，让我们学会像经济学家那样思考。经济学早已不是一门沉闷的科学，经济学的研究领域一直在不断拓宽，研究主题也在不断深入。但是，经济学界外部很少有人注意到这些变化，本书恰好弥补了这一缺憾。本书还让我们清楚地了解经济学家在思考和研究什么问题，有助于我们更全面、深入地理解经济学和经济学家。 本书主要包括如下内容：第一篇从当前的历史研究、经济地理学和增长理论的视角，探讨经济发展最基本的问题——国民财富；第二篇从经济发展谈到经济运行的细节问题（即微观基础）；第三篇谈...(展开全部)

In this compelling dialogue, two of the world’s most influential thinkers reflect on the value of equality and debate what citizens and governments should do to narrow the gaps that separate us. Ranging across economics, philosophy, history, and current affairs, Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel consider how far we have come in achieving greater equality. At the same time, they...(展开全部)

Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding–and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing? Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational–cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and i...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity.” – New York Times Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates’s "new favorite book of al...(展开全部)

A leading expert explains what government bureaucracies do and why they behave the way they do.

Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they...(展开全部)

What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An economist, on the other hand, observes that making the punishment for armed robbery ...(展开全部)

理查德·V. 里夫斯，布鲁金斯学会高级研究员。评论文章常见于《纽约时报》《卫报》《国家事务》《大西洋月刊》《华尔街日报》等重要媒体，在英国和美国的社会公共政策领域具有广泛影响力。著有《约翰·斯图尔特·密尔:维多利亚时代的激进分子》《梦想囤积者：美国中产阶级上层导致社会不平等的根源与出路》《拯救霍雷肖·阿尔杰：平等、机会与美国梦》。2017年，被《政客》杂志评选为美国五十位顶级思想家之一。

Many claims are made about how certain tools, technologies, and practices improve software development. But which claims are verifiable, and which are merely wishful thinking? In this book, leading thinkers such as Steve McConnell, Barry Boehm, and Barbara Kitchenham offer essays that uncover the truth and unmask myths commonly held among the software development community. Mak...(展开全部)