具体描述
This book is an invaluable handbook for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or undertaking their first refereeing assignments. In clear, concise language--a model in itself--William Thomson describes how to make written and oral presentations both engaging and efficient. Declaring "I would certainly take up arms for clarity, simplicity, and unity," Thomson covers the basics of clear exposition, including such nuts-and-bolts topics as titling papers, writing abstracts, presenting research results, and holding an audience's attention. This second edition features a substantial new chapter, "Being a Graduate Student in Economics," that offers guidance on such essential topics as the manners and mores of graduate school life, financial support, selecting an advisor, and navigating the job market. The chapter on giving talks has been rewritten to reflect the widespread use of presentation software, and new material has been added to the chapter on writing papers.
"This slim volume, by University of Rochester economics professor William Thomson, deserves a place on the bookshelf next to classics such as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and Kernighan and Plauger's The Elements of Programming Style. Like those classics, it is clear and direct, focused and well-written...Thomson's advice is breathtakingly sensible"
—Ed Blachman, Tekka
作者简介
William Thomson is Elmer B. Milliman Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester.
目录信息
读后感
This is the required book for my research workshop. I read the whole book in one day, instead of reading one chapter or so before each class. As the result, I had a very boring day. Some experiences are useless for me, because I already passed that period...
This is the required book for my research workshop. I read the whole book in one day, instead of reading one chapter or so before each class. As the result, I had a very boring day. Some experiences are useless for me, because I already passed that period...
This is the required book for my research workshop. I read the whole book in one day, instead of reading one chapter or so before each class. As the result, I had a very boring day. Some experiences are useless for me, because I already passed that period...
This is the required book for my research workshop. I read the whole book in one day, instead of reading one chapter or so before each class. As the result, I had a very boring day. Some experiences are useless for me, because I already passed that period...
This is the required book for my research workshop. I read the whole book in one day, instead of reading one chapter or so before each class. As the result, I had a very boring day. Some experiences are useless for me, because I already passed that period...
用户评价
这本书的开篇就给我一种非常清爽、直击要害的感觉。它没有像许多经济学入门读物那样，一上来就堆砌复杂的公式和晦涩的理论术语，而是选择了一种非常生活化的叙事方式。作者似乎深知初学者在面对宏观经济学和微观经济学这些庞然大物时的那种无措感，因此，他巧妙地将抽象的概念融入到日常的决策场景中。比如，关于稀缺性和机会成本的讨论，不是空洞的定义，而是通过一个年轻人如何在有限的零花钱和时间之间进行取舍的生动案例展开。我特别欣赏作者在引入“看不见的手”这个概念时所采用的类比——它更像是一个有趣的谜题，而非枯燥的教条。这种循序渐进、寓教于乐的编排，使得原本望而生畏的经济学逻辑变得触手可及。读下去的过程中，我发现自己不再是被动地接受信息，而是在与作者一同探索，试图理解这个复杂世界背后的运行规律。它成功地搭建了一个坚实的思维框架，让读者能够带着批判性的眼光去看待新闻报道中的各种经济现象，而不仅仅是囫囵吞枣地接受结论。这种引导式教学，远比死记硬背概念有效得多。
这本书的语言组织，带着一种微妙的节奏感和强烈的个人色彩，读起来完全没有那种“被说教”的感觉。作者在关键时刻总能适时地插入一些历史轶事或者经济史上的经典错误案例，这些穿插的“花絮”不仅有效地缓解了长时间阅读理论的疲劳感，更重要的是，它们为抽象的概念提供了历史的重量和现实的参照。例如，在解释通货膨胀的社会成本时，作者没有直接引用数据图表，而是通过讲述某个历史时期恶性通胀对普通家庭财富的毁灭性影响，这种叙事的力量是数据无法比拟的。这种叙述风格的跳跃性很大，一会儿是严谨的逻辑链条，一会儿是充满画面感的历史回顾，但神奇的是，这种不拘一格反而形成了一种独特的吸引力，让你始终保持着对下一页内容的期待。它更像是一部精心策划的纪录片，而不是一份冰冷的教材大纲。
总的来说，这本书的最大亮点在于它对“应用性”的极致追求，并且在保持这种应用性的同时，又没有牺牲经济学思维的严谨性。它不是一本告诉你“应该”做什么的指南，而是一本让你学会“如何思考”的工具箱。我特别喜欢作者在最后部分对全球化和技术变革对劳动力市场冲击的分析。他没有给出简单的“乐观”或“悲观”的标签，而是细致地剖析了不同技能层级人群所面临的结构性变化，以及政策工具可能带来的意想不到的副作用。这种对复杂性的坦诚接纳，让我对经济学这门学科的敬畏感油然而生。这本书的价值在于，它成功地将一个学科从象牙塔中解放出来，让它成为我们理解日常新闻、分析个人投资乃至参与公共政策讨论的得力助手。它真正做到了“授人以渔”，让读者在读完之后，能够带着一套全新的、更具洞察力的透镜去看待我们所生活的这个商业与社会交织的世界。
我尤其欣赏作者在内容编排上的匠心独具，特别是那些关于博弈论和激励机制的部分。很多经济学读物在处理这些稍微偏向数学和逻辑推理的部分时，往往处理得过于学术化，使得非数学背景的读者望而却步。然而，这本书处理得极其巧妙。它没有过多纠缠于复杂的纳什均衡的数学推导，而是通过一系列精心设计的“囚徒困境”式的小故事和商业决策模拟，让读者在情境中自己“推导出”结论。这种沉浸式的体验，让我真正理解了“理性选择”背后的复杂人性博弈。比如，作者描述的寡头垄断下的价格战模拟，简直就是一堂精彩的商业策略课，远比那些枯燥的模型分析来得深刻。这种将理论具象化、将抽象模型“人格化”的处理手法，极大地降低了学习的门槛，同时也保留了理论的深度。它成功地让读者意识到，经济学不只是关于金钱的学问，更是关于人与人之间复杂互动和策略选择的艺术。
这本书的行文风格，恕我直言，带着一股令人惊喜的“反学院派”的锐气。它不像教科书那样严谨到令人窒息，反而更像是一位经验丰富、略带玩世不恭的导师，在你耳边低语着这个世界真正的运转逻辑。作者在论述市场失灵和政府干预的边界时，展现出了令人赞叹的平衡感——既不盲目崇拜自由市场那近乎神谕的地位，也没有陷入对政府万能论的简单幻想。他抛出了许多发人深省的“为什么”，迫使读者去深挖那些被主流叙事所掩盖的灰色地带。例如，在探讨信息不对称如何扭曲交易效率时，作者引入的几个市场案例都极其贴近现代社会的生活体验，让人拍案叫绝。这种叙述的张力，在于它既提供了坚实的理论工具，又鼓励读者去质疑这些工具本身的局限性。读完关于外部性的章节后，我感觉自己像是刚看完一场精彩的辩论赛，脑子里充满了新的思考火花，迫不及待想找人讨论一番，而不是简单地合上书本，然后遗忘掉。
我总觉得大学教育虽然培养了自学能力和思考能力 但是很多细节和规则还是需要有人教的 这本书里的建议都很实用
適合美國研究生（當然也有通用的部份）
Great!!!
適合美國研究生（當然也有通用的部份）
chp2 particularly useful for writing theory works
