史帝芬‧金恩 (Stephen D. King)
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在《大退潮》這本挑動人心的新書中,英國經濟學家史帝芬.金恩以赫胥黎的反烏托邦名著《美麗新世界》(Brave New World)借喻,敲響全球化或將終結的警鐘。他融合經濟、歷史、地理、政治哲學與當前國際局勢(包括美國退出TPP、中國推行一帶一路、俄羅斯併吞克里米亞),解釋全球化倘若告終,世界經濟秩序將陷入何種境地。
—誰的全球化?區域整合的贏家與輸家
金恩認為,就政治和經濟而言,西方版本的全球化正接近極限。全球化似乎讓所有船隻都水漲船高,即使某些船隻內部的所得與財富分配愈來愈不平均。金融危機爆發之前,許多西方決策者和經濟學家過於自滿,認為全球的經濟大餅已經增長,卻沒有留心其分配情況。現實是:大部分的經濟收益都由強國與頂尖富人捧走,他們還占了優勢之便不斷累積財富。經濟危機的爆發更顯示全球經濟與市場之間有落差,而且國與國之間有根本的利益衝突。
—孤立主義與保護主義死灰復燃
只要經濟長期衰退,人們就會在失望中探究原因,進而產生孤立心態。英國脫歐、川普高喊「美國優先」當選,顯示西方與全球化的蜜月期已經結束,世界銀行、國際貨幣基金、北約、歐盟等跨國組織已成沉重的政治負擔。全球經濟重心正由西方轉移到東方,加上西方國家遭遇了一連串的困難,使其政治基調產生變化,導致民粹主義和孤立主義的勢力抬頭。
—「我們」與「他們」,排外情緒湧現
收入與財富不平等日益擴大,更加深民眾「不在同一艘船」的感覺,認為外來者會瓜分福利,因此排斥外國人、移民和菁英。政治氛圍愈來愈傾向於保護主義,各國在經濟、財政乃至於軍事上容易爆發全面衝突,全球化的進展遭遇愈來愈嚴峻的考驗。
—全球化浪潮退後,誰坐收漁翁之利?
既然不是人人都能得到好處,這個世界為何不能「去全球化」呢?試想,倘若希臘、義大利、西班牙等國的經濟長期停滯,德國這些強國持續繁榮,歐元就可能無法存續;假使世界強權日漸擁抱民族主義,跨國組織將受到打壓,國際貿易可能崩盤;如果物價礙於央行的措施而逐漸遭到扭曲,資本市場就可能無法發揮功能;毫無效率的資金配置將使得生產及收入雙雙下滑,各國便得付出慘痛代價。
—各國發展環環相扣,沒有人是局外人
最可怕的是,西方民主國家變得只想追求狹隘的自身利益,某些極權國家就會趁機填補空缺。美國經濟長期表現不佳,它既不願、也無力持續擔任領頭羊;但美國退縮之後,全球局勢更加混亂了。未來,歐盟如果瓦解、歐洲分裂,如何抵擋隔壁張牙舞爪的俄羅斯?那些威脅解散北約的人若不能建立可靠的替代機構,如何繼續維護集體利益?國與國之間的糾紛,由誰主持公道仲裁?與其擔憂國內日漸增加的移民,協助那些較貧窮的地區發展經濟,不是更能從根本上解決問題嗎?
—不確定的時代,我們的義務從現在開始
放任贊成孤立與保護主義的思想流竄,當他們的觀點成為主流的那一天,我們就必須面臨黯淡無望的新世界。對此,史帝芬.金恩在本書最後寫了一則寓言:西元2044年,川普的某個女兒成為共和黨候選人,她在演說中強調將繼續奉行孤立主義,禁止外國人進入美國;彼時歐盟已經瓦解,北約不復存在,俄羅斯趁機坐大,中國掌握整個東亞和太平洋,曾經有主權爭議的島嶼都歸它所有。這樣的新世界,是我們樂見的嗎?
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
How to Do Your Research Project : A Guide for Students
by Gary Thomas
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How to Do Your Research Project continues to lead the way as an essential guide for anyone undertaking a research project in the applied social sciences. The new Third Edition of this best-selling title now includes further advice on concluding, writing, and presenting research, using social media and digital methods, and understanding how to effectively work with supervisors. Setting out a clear and detailed road map, author Gary Thomas guides the reader through the different stages of a research project, explaining key steps, and processes at each level in refreshingly jargon-free terms.
Readers will learn:
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How to Do Your Research Project continues to lead the way as an essential guide for anyone undertaking a research project in the applied social sciences. The new Third Edition of this best-selling title now includes further advice on concluding, writing, and presenting research, using social media and digital methods, and understanding how to effectively work with supervisors. Setting out a clear and detailed road map, author Gary Thomas guides the reader through the different stages of a research project, explaining key steps, and processes at each level in refreshingly jargon-free terms.
Readers will learn:
- How to choose your research question
- Project management and study skills
- Effective literature reviews
- Methodology, theory, and research design frames
- Ethics and access
- Data collection tools
- Effective data analysis
- Discussing findings, concluding, and writing up
創意天才的蝴蝶思考術 (The Net and the Butterfly)
奧麗薇亞‧福克斯‧卡本尼 (Olivia Fox Cabane), 朱達‧波拉克 (Judah Pollack)
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創意像蝴蝶,讓人心生嚮往,卻難以捉摸。
學習像天才一樣思考,訓練你的大腦,
就能讓靈感源源不絕,盡情爆發你的絕妙好點子!
◆ 暢銷書《魅力學》作者最新著作
◆ Amazon.com讀者五星好評
創意不是與生俱來,突破並非純屬意外,
你要如何讓大腦產生突破,進而獲得創意?
創意來自突破,突破是什麼?
突破就是你的知識或理解突然躍進,讓你通過障礙,
進而出現解決問題的全新方法,與看待世界的全新方式。
你將可以在本書學到:
如何在短時間產生新想法,提升神經可塑性
如何從清醒前狀態獲得靈感,解決問題
如何透過不花腦筋的活動,增進創意表現
你知道愛因斯坦、賈伯斯、達利,這些改變世界的傑出者,
都是以同樣的流程獲得突破性思考嗎?
你知道你可能跟他們一樣,產生相同的創意突破經驗嗎?
趕緊跟著書中的練習,一步步提升你的創意思考力吧!
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)
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創意像蝴蝶,讓人心生嚮往,卻難以捉摸。
學習像天才一樣思考,訓練你的大腦,
就能讓靈感源源不絕,盡情爆發你的絕妙好點子!
◆ 暢銷書《魅力學》作者最新著作
◆ Amazon.com讀者五星好評
創意不是與生俱來,突破並非純屬意外,
你要如何讓大腦產生突破,進而獲得創意?
創意來自突破,突破是什麼?
突破就是你的知識或理解突然躍進,讓你通過障礙,
進而出現解決問題的全新方法,與看待世界的全新方式。
你將可以在本書學到:
如何在短時間產生新想法,提升神經可塑性
如何從清醒前狀態獲得靈感,解決問題
如何透過不花腦筋的活動,增進創意表現
你知道愛因斯坦、賈伯斯、達利,這些改變世界的傑出者,
都是以同樣的流程獲得突破性思考嗎?
你知道你可能跟他們一樣,產生相同的創意突破經驗嗎?
趕緊跟著書中的練習,一步步提升你的創意思考力吧!
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)
Monday, September 10, 2018
Expand Your English: A Guide to Improving Your Academic Vocabulary
by Steve Hart
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Writing academic prose in English is especially difficult for non-native speakers, largely because the standard vocabulary used in this genre can be quite different from colloquial English. Expand Your English A Guide to Improving Your Academic Vocabulary is a unique and invaluable guide that will enable the reader to overcome this hurdle. It will become the favourite go-to reference book for both beginners and for intermediate learners struggling with the complexities of English-language academic writing.
Steve Hart covers 1,000 vocabulary items that are essential for good academic writing. The first section describes 200 key terms in detail, grouping them into logical sets of 10. Through careful repetition, the reader will find it easy to retain, retrieve, and reuse these essential phrases. The second section explains a further 800 terms, grouping them according to function, meaning, and the areas of an essay where they are likely to be used. The expansive scope of Expand Your English gives non-native speakers all the vocabulary tools they need to master this difficult style of writing.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)
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Writing academic prose in English is especially difficult for non-native speakers, largely because the standard vocabulary used in this genre can be quite different from colloquial English. Expand Your English A Guide to Improving Your Academic Vocabulary is a unique and invaluable guide that will enable the reader to overcome this hurdle. It will become the favourite go-to reference book for both beginners and for intermediate learners struggling with the complexities of English-language academic writing.
Steve Hart covers 1,000 vocabulary items that are essential for good academic writing. The first section describes 200 key terms in detail, grouping them into logical sets of 10. Through careful repetition, the reader will find it easy to retain, retrieve, and reuse these essential phrases. The second section explains a further 800 terms, grouping them according to function, meaning, and the areas of an essay where they are likely to be used. The expansive scope of Expand Your English gives non-native speakers all the vocabulary tools they need to master this difficult style of writing.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)
Deep Work深度工作力 : 淺薄時代,個人成功的關鍵能力
卡爾‧紐波特 (Cal Newport)
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★ AMAZON 2016年度最佳商業/領導書
在這個淺薄時代,人們紛紛擁抱分心,每天將大把時間浪擲於紛亂的電子郵件和社群媒體上,失去了深度思考、深度工作的能力,不知道自己其實能以更好的方式生活。
也因此,一種極有價值的技術變得越來越稀有、甚至成為當今最具價值的能力之一,正是——
DEEP WORK深度工作力!
卡爾.紐波特教授在本書中暢談連線時代的種種影響,從自身經驗告訴所有人:
專注力和生產力,是可以有系統地解決的科學問題!
擁有深度工作力,是擁有美好深度生活的必要條件!
「深度工作力」是專注於高認知需求任務而不分心的能力,它能讓你快速學習,以更少的時間創造更好的成果。本書融合理論根據與實踐技巧,協助所有想在專業領域中成功的人,學會高效工作,成為新經濟中的贏家。
別再以為忙碌代表生產力,區別深度工作與淺薄工作,聰明的規畫深度工作的時間,培養專注的習慣與能力,你將能改變習於淺薄、容易分心、無法忍受無聊的心智。培養深度工作力,才是達成生活與工作平衡,並維持高品質的最好方法。
培養深度工作力,用最少時間創造最高價值的18個策略:
1 確立你的工作哲學
2 建立深度工作的儀式
3 大動作投入深度工作
4 別獨自工作
5 像經營企業般執行
6 要懶惰
7 別逃避分心,要逃避專注
8 學老羅斯福那樣工作
9 練習生產性冥想
10 練習記憶一副牌
11 根據「重要少數法則」選擇網路工具
12 利用「斷線實驗」篩選社群媒體
13 別用網際網路來娛樂自己
14 安排工作日的每一分鐘
15 量化每一種活動的深度
16 確認淺薄工作的時間比率
17 在五點半前結束你的工作
18 讓自己難以連絡
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)
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★ AMAZON 2016年度最佳商業/領導書
在這個淺薄時代,人們紛紛擁抱分心,每天將大把時間浪擲於紛亂的電子郵件和社群媒體上,失去了深度思考、深度工作的能力,不知道自己其實能以更好的方式生活。
也因此,一種極有價值的技術變得越來越稀有、甚至成為當今最具價值的能力之一,正是——
DEEP WORK深度工作力!
卡爾.紐波特教授在本書中暢談連線時代的種種影響,從自身經驗告訴所有人:
專注力和生產力,是可以有系統地解決的科學問題!
擁有深度工作力,是擁有美好深度生活的必要條件!
「深度工作力」是專注於高認知需求任務而不分心的能力,它能讓你快速學習,以更少的時間創造更好的成果。本書融合理論根據與實踐技巧,協助所有想在專業領域中成功的人,學會高效工作,成為新經濟中的贏家。
別再以為忙碌代表生產力,區別深度工作與淺薄工作,聰明的規畫深度工作的時間,培養專注的習慣與能力,你將能改變習於淺薄、容易分心、無法忍受無聊的心智。培養深度工作力,才是達成生活與工作平衡,並維持高品質的最好方法。
培養深度工作力,用最少時間創造最高價值的18個策略:
1 確立你的工作哲學
2 建立深度工作的儀式
3 大動作投入深度工作
4 別獨自工作
5 像經營企業般執行
6 要懶惰
7 別逃避分心,要逃避專注
8 學老羅斯福那樣工作
9 練習生產性冥想
10 練習記憶一副牌
11 根據「重要少數法則」選擇網路工具
12 利用「斷線實驗」篩選社群媒體
13 別用網際網路來娛樂自己
14 安排工作日的每一分鐘
15 量化每一種活動的深度
16 確認淺薄工作的時間比率
17 在五點半前結束你的工作
18 讓自己難以連絡
(摘錄自博客來網路書店)
Monday, September 3, 2018
The Novel Cure : An A-Z of Literary Remedies
by Susan Elderkin & Ella Berthoud
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Are you weary in Brain and Body?
Do you desire a Positive Cure for your Pessimism?
Do you require Bronte to re-boot your Broken Heart?
Do you despair of your Nose?
Can Fielding open your Flood Gates?
Or Pynchon purge your Paranoia?
May we administer Austen to curb your Arrogance?
Hemingway for your Headache?
An injection of du Maurier for your low Self-Esteem?
Are you Shy, Single, Stressed or Sixty?
Are your Vital Statistics in need of some Spark?
May we massage you with Murakami?
Ease your pain with Woolf or Wodehouse?
Do you require the Very Book to lessen your Loneliness?
The Novel Cure is a medical handbook, with a difference. Whether you have a stubbed toe or a severe case of the blues, within these pages you'll find a cure in the form of a novel to help ease your pain. You'll also find advice on how to tackle common reading ailments - such as what to do when you feel overwhelmed by the number of books in the world, or you have a tendency to give up halfway through. When read at the right moment, a novel can change your life, and The Novel Cure is an enchanting reminder of that power.
(Excerpt from thenovelcure.com)
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Are you weary in Brain and Body?
Do you desire a Positive Cure for your Pessimism?
Do you require Bronte to re-boot your Broken Heart?
Do you despair of your Nose?
Can Fielding open your Flood Gates?
Or Pynchon purge your Paranoia?
May we administer Austen to curb your Arrogance?
Hemingway for your Headache?
An injection of du Maurier for your low Self-Esteem?
Are you Shy, Single, Stressed or Sixty?
Are your Vital Statistics in need of some Spark?
May we massage you with Murakami?
Ease your pain with Woolf or Wodehouse?
Do you require the Very Book to lessen your Loneliness?
The Novel Cure is a medical handbook, with a difference. Whether you have a stubbed toe or a severe case of the blues, within these pages you'll find a cure in the form of a novel to help ease your pain. You'll also find advice on how to tackle common reading ailments - such as what to do when you feel overwhelmed by the number of books in the world, or you have a tendency to give up halfway through. When read at the right moment, a novel can change your life, and The Novel Cure is an enchanting reminder of that power.
(Excerpt from thenovelcure.com)
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