The Predicament of Imbalance
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Economics students seeking extracurricular reading to broaden their horizons
- General readers interested in economic hot topics but lacking systematic training
- Readers who enjoy the essay form and read in fragmented moments
- Readers wanting to learn about economics study methods and educational experiences
Not a good fit for
- Learners needing systematic textbooks or rigorous theoretical frameworks
- Readers hoping for complete arguments on a particular economic issue
- Readers who prefer long, coherent discussions and dislike the jumps of essays
Reading tips
- No need to read in order; start with the pieces on economic hot topics that interest you.
- When you encounter a topic of interest, jot down questions for further exploration, then find monographs to extend your reading.
- Economics students can focus on the sections on education and learning experiences, comparing them against their own study methods.
About the publisher
Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 虎之眼
- 虎之眼
- 用财政政策解决中国经济中的不平衡
- 为自己的人民投资
- 服务业：巨人花园中的花朵
- 中国的对外开放程度太高吗
- 中国有贫民窟吗
- 中央银行需要地方分行吗
- 中国需要自己的大型客机吗
- 绕不开的人民币汇率改革
- 汇改不是万能的，但是没有汇改是万万不能的
- 尴尬的央行加息政策
- 中国如何向新加坡学习外汇储备积极管理的经验
- 外汇储备激增给中国货币政策操作带来的三难选择
- 面向未来的中国能源政策
- 面向未来的中国能源政策
- 中国石油安全的三重含义
- 中美石油安全战略：合作伙伴还是竞争对手
- 中国为国外进口了多少石油
- 急活儿靠慢功：如何才能实现节能降耗
- 通过国际组织保障中国的能源安全
- 周游世界的经济学家
- 澳大利亚的喜剧——澳洲纪行之一
- 并不自由的自由贸易协定——澳洲纪行之二
- 透视中澳自由贸易协定谈判——澳洲纪行之三
- 为什么美国国会如此反对中国
- 本·伯南克带给美联储的将是什么
- 只有俄罗斯和中国最乐观——俄罗斯纪行之一
- 石油：上帝的祝福还是诅咒——俄罗斯纪行之二
- 中国淘金，俄罗斯卖牛仔裤——俄罗斯纪行之三
- 必须沉默不语
- 必须沉默不语
- 山花烂漫乱读书
- 世界银行眼中的中国国有企业改革——读《所有权变革》
- 世界仍然是崎岖不平的
- 人是第三种黑猩猩——Jared Diamond《第三种黑猩猩》读后感之一
- 听男人吹牛皮吧——Jared Diamond《第三种黑猩猩》读后感之二
- 上帝是一个经济学家——Jared Diamond《第三种黑猩猩》读后感之三
- 上帝从不为难头脑简单的人
- 感恩节
- 怀念薛老
- 学者需要这么忙吗
- 上帝从不为难头脑简单的人
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About the author
He Fan, born in Xingyang, Henan in 1971, is a Chinese economist. He graduated from Hainan University and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and later studied at Harvard University. He has held positions at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and at Peking University HSBC Business School, and currently serves as dean of the China Institute for Development Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His work combines macroeconomic analysis with close attention to real-world problems, and his writing is problem-driven, translating economic concepts into language accessible to general readers. Three of his works are included here: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (expanded and updated edition) addresses globalization, while The Predicament of Imbalance and Macro Trends and Market Logic focus on economic imbalance and macroeconomic trends. His books fall mainly within finance and social science and are aimed at readers concerned with economic realities.
