本书获选《商业周刊》十大好书。
2000年国际金融工程师协会年度金融工程师，2002年入选《风险》杂志名人堂。
自资本资产定价模型和布莱克-肖尔斯模型被发明之后，宽客成为华尔街的新宠，因为投资银行和基金公司必须采用日益复杂的数量交易策略和衍生产品。我几乎每天都与这些受过科学训练的宽客们打交道。本书作者伊曼纽尔·德曼是华尔街的顶级宽客，至今仍享盛名。他是首批转战华尔街的高能实验物理学家之一，在十几年中创建了对今天影响深远的众多金融交易模型。本书精彩纷呈，分析了物理学与金融学之间的关联和不同，讲述了许多物理学巨匠和金融学大师的故事；既可作为通俗金融读物，也可供希望了解宽客之道的理工科入学生，研究生和各界人士欣赏。——清华大学金融学特聘教授，巴克莱银行中国研究主管 黄海洲
这部自传精彩如同小说。关于德曼从数学物理学者转战金融领域、从高盛跳到所罗门兄弟公闭的传奇故事，告诉了我们如何开动脑筋让财富自己生长。——诺贝尔经济学奖得主 保罗·萨缪尔森
这是本精彩之极的门传，它记叙了这样一个特別的时代，在这个时代，科学家发现了华尔街，而华尔街也发现了科学家。——麻省理工学院斯隆商学院弗兰科·莫迪里亚尼讲席教授 史蒂夫·罗斯
从“至刚”的物理学家转向“至柔”的金融家的心路历程……我还没有见过其他哪本著述能如此完美地跨越这两种文化。——《随机致富的傻瓜》作者 纳西姆·塔勒布
华尔街早已不是古尔德、摩根那种老式的神秘商人的做派了。近年来，投资银行和对冲基金纷纷采用数量交易策略和衍生产品组合，招募名牌大学的理工科博士和教授，为复杂多变的产品建模并控制风险。今天，几乎所有公司的财富和市场的稳定性都建筑于数学模型上。“宽客”（Quant）——受过严格科学训练的数量金融师——正是这些模型的创建者，他们是华尔街舞台上未来的明星。
在形形色色的宽客中，没有人比伊曼纽尔·德曼更出名。他是首批“移民”华尔街的高能实验物理学家之一，历经十七年的商海生涯，逐渐成为高盛公司数量策略小组的领导人，并与布莱克等人合作创建了对今天影响深远的众多金融交易模型。
本书叙述了德曼从物理学家到金融宽客的人生跨越，他曾是爱因斯坦、薛定谔、李政道等物理学巨匠的门徒，进入金融领域后又与众多分析师、交易员和基金经理人共事。作者力图拨开重重迷雾，探索物理与金融的相似之道与诡异之处，借此让读者从局内人的角度一窥华尔街的另类群体——宽客们——的人生图卷。

The past twenty years have seen great theoretical and empirical advances in the field of corporate finance. Whereas, once the subject addressed mainly the financing of corporations - equity, debt, and valuation - today it also embraces crucial issues of governance, liquidity, risk management, relationships between banks and corporations, and the macroeconomic impact of corporations. However, this progress has left in its wake a jumbled array of concepts and models that students are often hard put to make sense of. Here, one of the world's leading economists offers a lucid, unified, and comprehensive introduction to modern corporate finance theory. Jean Tirole builds his landmark book around a single model, using an incentive or contract theory approach. Filling a major gap in the field, "The Theory of Corporate Finance" is an indispensable resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as researchers of corporate finance, industrial organization, political economy, development, and macroeconomics. Tirole conveys the organizing principles that structure the analysis of today's key management and public policy issues, such as the reform of corporate governance and auditing; the role of private equity, financial markets, and takeovers; the efficient determination of leverage, dividends, liquidity, and risk management; and the design of managerial incentive packages. He weaves empirical studies into the book's theoretical analysis. And he places the corporation in its broader environment, both microeconomic and macroeconomic, and examines the two-way interaction between the corporate environment and institutions. Setting a new milestone in the field, "The Theory of Corporate Finance" will be the authoritative text for years to come.

我国是世界上最早使用货币的国家之一，至今已有四千多年的历史，出现过布钱、刀币、圆钱、五铢钱、通宝、制钱、银两、银元、铜元以及牺牲品类金银币、谷帛币和纸币，种类繁多，形制多样，币材广泛，堪称世界货币之冠。本书以简明扼要的文字和经纬分明的图表，向读者介绍了各类货币在中国各个朝代的产生、发展和演变情况。对于历代农民起义军的货币和人民币亦作了专门介绍。
书中对中国历代货币的产生、发展及流变作了条理分明，言简意赅的阐说，尤其是大量的图表，更有助于读者对全书内容获得一个总体印象。本书是两位作者数十年潜心研究的结晶，问世后二十年来在钱币爱好者和研究者中已有定评。

再版的话
这本书是《我国古代货币的起源和发展》的修订版，原书早已绝版，需求者时所闻，至有人径函作者求索，或询问是否尚处可买到。近三十年来，先秦古钱出土地广量夫，且有前所未见旧作所无者，亟应补入旧作中些缺陷，也亟应改正。因友人建议，遂决意修订补充再版，并改名为《中国古代货币的起源和发展》。修订补充的内容，主要以下三个方面：
1、删除赝品，代以真品。
2、改正错误释文，删省疑问释之文，补入新出土古钱资料，并修改补充有关论述。
3、删除、更换并增添部分图版，改制部分图表。
本书之改订再版，得助于裘锡圭、吴荣曾二位先生者实多，1978年裘先生《战国货币考》发表，使过去许多疑雅钱文不少获得正读，尤以圆肩圆足三吼布钱文为最。修改前，作者曾函裘、吴二先生指教。他两位的指点是多方面的，条目很多，主要的是改正误读的钱文修改相应的论述，剔除赝品，增加“旆布”“两甾”并指出古钱之名布源于布帛之布，不源于农具镈，？、？不当读杲（梁），等等，细致的不能在这里详说。凡应据以修改的，多已采入本文。承蒙二位的好意，允许将他们写給我的长篇意见书附于本版之末，使读者可以知我是怎样根据他们的提示修改的，还什么是应当修改而没有修改的，还有什么是供我继续考虑修改的。
中国历史博物馆耿宗仁先生对修改工作极为热心。闻讯后，即驾临指导。建议于正文中增补楚“旆布”、银布两节，删除图版中古齐刀赝品两件，空首布赝品一件，更换图版，并惠赠馆原始布三品拓本，东周西周圜钱拓本，楚“旆布”二品拓本。山西省考古研究所所长张颔先生惠赠所著《魏币?布考释》，使我得据以改“虞”为“陕”。又蒙寄赠山西侯马出土的空首布二品照片及原平出土的小直刀四品拓本。
文物出版社俞篌尧先生也很热心，代为征得河南扶沟出土的银布照片。
对于以上诸位先生的热情帮助，作者于此深致谢忱。
中国社会科学出版社给予印刷出版方便，使作者得將新版贡献于读者，应于此一并深致谢
本版中错误不妥之处仍在所难免，尚祈海内外学人辱賜瞻
，幸甚。
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【注：？代表甲骨文原文】

这是人类经济、金融史上一次空前大危机，也是强者斗智斗勇的大博弈。
欧债危机是当今影响乃至主导世界格局、趋势的一条带血的主线。每一个人都越来越清晰地感受到欧债危机：对欧出口商因为欧元的贬值损失惨重，股票市场因为欧债危机的恶化跌跌不休，工业企业利润下滑，失业率上升……人们看到了欧债危机的开头，却看不到它的尽头。看懂欧债危机，不再是一种附加，而是一种必须。
它既与次贷危机密切相关，也将催生新的危机，日本和中国都在其列。未来的危机，无论何时降临，都会与两个字相关：债务！然后，再由此滋生出一系列的危机：货币危机、金融危机、经济危机、社会危机……
本书将从全球货币大博弈的高度纵横古今，俯视当前的欧债危机，为读者讲述全新的利益角逐，找到整个趋势的真相，同时为中国的决策者、企业经营者、投资者、普通老百姓，就政策走向、货币保值、投资增值等方面给出重要、具体、有针对性的建议。

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New chapter by Soros on the secrets to his success along with a new Preface and Introduction. New Foreword by renowned economist Paul Volcker "An extraordinary ... inside look into the decision-making process of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic." - "The Wall Street Journal". George Soros is unquestionably one of the most powerful and profitable investors in the world today. Dubbed by "BusinessWeek" as "the Man who Moves Markets," Soros made a fortune competing with the British pound and remains active today in the global financial community. Now, in this special edition of the classic investment book, "The Alchemy of Finance", Soros presents a theoretical and practical account of current financial trends and a new paradigm by which to understand the financial market today. This edition's expanded and revised Introduction details Soros's innovative investment practices along with his views of the world and world order. He also describes a new paradigm for the "theory of reflexivity" which underlies his unique investment strategies. Filled with expert advice and valuable business lessons, "The Alchemy of Finance" reveals the timeless principles of an investing legend. This special edition will feature a new chapter by Soros on the secrets of his success and a new Foreword by the Honorable Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve. George Soros (New York, NY) is President of Soros Fund Management and Chief Investment Advisor to Quantum Fund N.V., a GTB 12 billion international investment fund. Besides his numerous ventures in finance, Soros is also extremely active in the worlds of education, culture, and economic aid and development through his Open Society Fund and the Soros Foundation.
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Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.
Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb–veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur, and New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan–has written a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill.
This book is about luck–or more precisely, about how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill–the world of trading–Fooled by Randomness provides captivating insight into one of the least understood factors in all our lives. Writing in an entertaining narrative style, the author tackles major intellectual issues related to the underestimation of the influence of happenstance on our lives.
The book is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: the baseball legend Yogi Berra; the philosopher of knowledge Karl Popper; the ancient world’s wisest man, Solon; the modern financier George Soros; and the Greek voyager Odysseus. We also meet the fictional Nero, who seems to understand the role of randomness in his professional life but falls victim to his own superstitious foolishness.
However, the most recognizable character of all remains unnamed–the lucky fool who happens to be in the right place at the right time–he embodies the “survival of the least fit.” Such individuals attract devoted followers who believe in their guru’s insights and methods. But no one can replicate what is obtained by chance.
Are we capable of distinguishing the fortunate charlatan from the genuine visionary? Must we always try to uncover nonexistent messages in random events? It may be impossible to guard ourselves against the vagaries of the goddess Fortuna, but after reading Fooled by Randomness we can be a little better prepared.
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The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials.In this book, Didier Sornette boldly applies his varied experience in these areas to propose a simple, powerful, and general theory of how, why, and when stock markets crash. Most attempts to explain market failures seek to pinpoint triggering mechanisms that occur hours, days, or weeks before the collapse. Sornette proposes a radically different view: the underlying cause can be sought months and even years before the abrupt, catastrophic event in the build-up of cooperative speculation, which often translates into an accelerating rise of the market price, otherwise known as a "bubble." Anchoring his sophisticated, step-by-step analysis in leading-edge physical and statistical modeling techniques, he unearths remarkable insights and some predictions - among them, that the "end of the growth era" will occur around 2050.Sornette probes major historical precedents, from the decades-long "tulip mania" in the Netherlands that wilted suddenly in 1637 to the South Sea Bubble that ended with the first huge market crash in England in 1720, to the Great Crash of October 1929 and Black Monday in 1987, to cite just a few. He concludes that most explanations other than cooperative self-organization fail to account for the subtle bubbles by which the markets lay the groundwork for catastrophe. Any investor or investment professional who seeks a genuine understanding of looming financial disasters should read this book. Physicists, geologists, biologists, economists, and others will welcome "Why Stock Markets Crash" as a highly original "scientific tale," as Sornette aptly puts it, of the exciting and sometimes fearsome - but no longer quite so unfathomable - world of stock markets.

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Through the eyes of an inventor of new markets, Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation tells the story of how financial innovation - a concept that is misunderstood and under attack - has been a positive force in the last four decades. If properly designed and regulated, these "good derivatives" can open vast possibilities to address a variety of global problems. Filled with provocative ideas, fascinating stories, and valuable lessons, it will provide both an insightful interpretation of the last forty years in capital and environmental markets and a vision of world finance for the next forty years. As a young economist at the Chicago Board of Trade, Richard Sandor helped create interest rate futures, a development that revolutionized worldwide finance. Later, he pioneered the use of emissions trading to reduce acid rain, one of the most successful environmental programs ever. He will provide unique insights into the process of creating these new financial products. Covering successes and failures, the story describes the tireless process of inventing, educating and creating support for these new inventions in places like Chicago, New York, London, Paris and how it is unfolding today in Mumbai, Shanghai and Beijing. The book will tell the story of the creation of the Chicago Climate Exchange and its affiliated exchanges (European Climate Exchange, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange and Tianjin Climate Exchange, located in China). The lessons learned in these markets can play a critical role in effectively addressing global climate change and other pressing environmental issues. The author argues that market-based trading systems are a far more effective means of reducing pollutants than "command-and-control". Environmental markets may ultimately help to find solutions to issues such as rainforest destruction, water problems and biodiversity threats. Written in an engaging, narrative style, Good Derivatives will be of interest to both practitioners and general readers who want to better understand the creative process of financial innovation. In the middle of so much distrust of markets, it is also a recipe of how transparent, well-regulated markets can be a force for good in the environmental, health, and social areas.

The authors use copious amounts of data ... to make the compelling case that any well-informed person should have seen the Great Recession coming. The essence of their book is that while financial crises come in different varieties, they are not mysteriously born of undersea earthquakes, but frequently occurring events that can be spotted and even controlled if politicians and regulators know what to look for. -- Devin Leonard New York Times Reinhart and Rogoff have compiled an impressive database, which covers eight centuries of government debt defaults from around the world. They have also collected statistics on inflation rates from every country where information is available and on banking crises and international capital flows over the past couple of centuries. This lengthy historical study gives what they call a 'panoramic view' of the unending cycle of boom and bust, showing how claims that 'this time is different' are invariably proven wrong... This Time Is Different doesn't simply explain what went wrong in our most recent crisis. This book also provides a roadmap of how things are likely to pan out in the years to come... This Time Is Different is an important addition to the literature of financial history. -- Edward Chancellor Wall Street Journal Professor Rogoff and his longtime collaborator Carmen Reinhart ... know more about the history of financial crises than anyone alive. The pair have just published their broad survey of financial crises, This Time is Different. In an era when most 'analysts' rely on maybe 30 or 40 years' worth of financial history--and then only that of the U.S.--the authors' knowledge of financial crises and government bond defaults going back to the Spanish empire and before offers a richer perspective. -- Brett Arends Wall Street Journal [E]ssential reading ... both for its originality and for the sobering patterns of financial behaviour it reveals. Economist The four most dangerous words in finance are 'this time is different.' Thanks to this masterpiece by Carmen Reinhart at the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard, no one can doubt this again... The authors have put an immense amount of work into collecting the data financial institutions needed if they were to have any chance of making quantitative risk management work. -- Martin Wolf Financial Times Everyone working on economic policy should own This Time is Different and open it for a bracing blast of sobriety when things seem to be going well. -- Greg Ip Washington Post [A] fine new history of financial debacles. -- Daniel Gross Newsweek Wouldn't it be nice to have $1,000 for every time a pundit proclaims an era of endless prosperity, consigning booms and busts to the dumpster of history? The next time you hear that canard (and you will) pour yourself a single malt and dip into Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff's landmark study, This Time Is Different. Wherever you open the book, you'll find proof that debt-fueled expansions have ended in financial ruin for hundreds of years... The result is a visual history laid out in beguilingly simple graphs and tables, making the book both definitive--a must read for professors and investors--and accessible to a wider audience. -- James Pressley Bloomberg News Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff have delivered a powerful and eloquent statement... Reinhart and Rogoff have done an extraordinary job in putting together statistics on government debt--a task that economic historians should have done long ago but shied away from because of the difficulties of defining 'government', which is often complex and multi-layered. -- Harold James The American Interest Unlike prior narrative accounts of market panics from such finance writers as Charles Kindleberger and Edward Chancellor, Reinhart and Rogoff give us a data-driven study that is global in sweep but also a model of clarity. The authors package their notably nonhysterical analysis of the latest crisis in a large, self-contained section of the book inviting harried readers to skip right ahead to it. -- Daniel Akst CNNMoney.com A tour de force of quantitative analysis covering financial crises affecting 66 countries over the past 800 years, the book identifies pre-crisis patterns that recur with eerie consistency. This Time is Different is a must-read for anyone on the lookout for canaries in coal mines. Barron's This is certainly one of the must-read books of the year. -- Arnold Kling Econlog.com Rogoff and Reinhart ... provide an eye-opening look at the cycles of boom and bust and how governments deal with those cycles. Arkansas Business [A] valuable new book. Idaho Statesman Having studied mountains of economic data during the past eight centuries, the authors insightfully point out the highly repetitive nature of financial crises resulted from a dangerous mix of hubris, euphoria and amnesia. Shanghai Daily

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Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Fifth Edition is an engaging and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book puts the turbulence of the financial world in perspective. The updated fifth edition expands upon each chapter, and includes two new chapters focusing on significant financial crises of the last fifteen years.

中国的货币老虎越养越大。是货币总要出来购物，是老虎总要出来吃肉。既然人们对货币之虎冲入市场并抬升物价有很大的意见，那么在左拦右截之余，不妨考虑，究竟喂多大一块肉，才足以让这只货币老虎乖乖地呆在笼子里，不跑到街上来作乱？
——摘自《货币的教训》，“货币老虎越养越大”

As the global economy is racked by its worst crisis since the Great Depression, there is a renewed interest in the lessons to be learned from the world economic collapse of the late 1920s. Drawing on his best-selling book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, noted author Liaquat Ahamed discusses the insights we can gain from the Great Depression about the forces that cause global financial crises, the similarities between the breaks down in the 1920s and the current meltdown and the actions economic officials need to take in order to reverse the downward spiral in the world economy and avoid a repeat of that cataclysm.