Books Bring Comfort And Strength: Twenty-First Century Annual Good Book (2019) Ultimate Book List

At the beginning of the year, a sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia caused the whole country to be terrified and entangled. In this special period, we believe that books can bring us comfort, strength and inspiration.

In twenty-first Century, the economic report and the twenty-first Century Economic Research Institute launched the twenty-first Century annual good book award in 2016, and this year is the fourth session. Today, 10 good books published in 2019 have emerged from the list. These books are not only ideological and readable, but also of great practical significance.

Among them, "trade conflicts: 200 years of trade policy in the United States", "fire fighting: the US financial crisis and its lessons", "advanced manufacturing: new policies of the United States" and so on, provide a keen insight into the trade, finance and industrial processes of the global economy; the exploration of service: 1978-1992 years of China's economic reform, great changes: migrant workers and middle class, etc. A historical interpretation of the reform and development; the post truth era: when the truth is manipulated, utilized, how we should see, listen and think, we have made a systematic reflection on how the information society can get the truth; the ultimate list also includes the cotton Empire: a global history of capitalism, which is a classic masterpiece with its pioneering research perspective. I hope readers will gain some experience in reading. (Wang Feng)

Final judges (in alphabetic order of surnames):

Ba Shu song, Professor of HSBC business school, Peking University, chief economist of China Banking Association.

He fan, Professor of Antai Institute of economics and management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Luo Weidong, vice president and professor of Zhejiang University

Zhou Yean, vice president and Professor, School of economics, Renmin University of China

Zhang Yongsheng, researcher, Institute of urban development and environment, Institute of Social Studie, China

The judges of first evaluation (arranged in alphabetic order of surnames):

Editor in chief of Ben Li economic and financial network

Chen Chenxing, executive director, twenty-first Century Economic Research Institute

Liu Xiaojing, general manager of the brand management center and director of the foundation of public welfare foundation.

Liang Jie, Faculty of economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Li Ermin, vice president of China Education Innovation Research Institute, Beijing Normal University

Wang Hongbo, deputy editor in chief of China reading press

Yu Zijin, director of BSC (Commercial Service Center), Wangcheng, Changsha.

Zhang Xiang, vice president and professor of Culture Research Institute, Capital Normal University

Director of the fourth division, development strategy and regional economic research department, Zhuo Xian Guo Yan Research Center

Strategic support:

Academic support: HSBC Business School

The following is the twenty-first Century annual good book (2019) bibliography and award-winning words.

The clash of trade: 200 years of US trade policy

Douglas Erwin

Translation of Yujiang, Diao Linlin and Lu Yin Li

CITIC Publishing Group

Diplomacy is an extension of the internal affairs. Through this book's grand carding of the more than 200 year trade policy since the war of independence, we can also clearly see that trade conflicts are also an extension of the internal political and economic changes. Only by combining trade frictions with the political and economic changes within the United States can we have a deeper understanding of the US trade policy. Understanding, as the author emphasized in his book, "throughout the history of the United States, trade policy has always been the source of painful political conflict". This conflict is sharp and frequent, almost throughout the history of the United States. (Ba Shusong)

"Cotton Empire: a global history of capitalism"

Sven Beckett

Xu Yijie and Yang Yan

Post wave "democracy and construction press"

Whether judged by any academic standard, this book is a masterpiece. The book is full of thinking, rich historical materials and vivid narration. The most important thing is that its topic is so ingenious, the method is so outstanding, the material is so detailed and the combination of macro and micro is so natural that it is breathtaking. From my reading experience, it belongs to a very small number of academic works with many advantages in this century. This solid and revolutionary book will have a strong academic leading role in history. It is not only a classic of global history, but also a classic of the whole social sciences.

(Luo Weidong)

The quest for battle: 1978-1992 years of China's economic reform.

Xiao Dong Lian Zhu

Social Sciences Literature Press

This is a history of reform and opening up. It is also a history of ideological transformation of economic transformation. Since China's reform and opening up, the magnificent development process needs to be sorted out on the basis of fully restoring the truth, because China's reform and opening up has always been in front of all kinds of doubts, and its achievements often attract many developing countries to learn from it. Only by systematically studying this important historical stage can the theory circle become a possibility of drawing on and developing knowledge in a broader sense. In this sense, the book carries out valuable systematic analysis from two levels of facts and logic.

(Ba Shusong)

"Fire fighting: US financial crisis and lessons" [Ben] Bernanke, Timothy, Geithner, Henry Paulson

Feng Yi's Translation

CITIC Publishing Group

The US subprime crisis in 2008 has a far-reaching impact. The global economy has not really emerged from the last crisis, new problems are emerging, and future growth is full of uncertainties. The publication of this book is particularly important. This book clearly points out that too many high risk leverage and short-term financing, excessive shadow banking, excessive asset securitization, excessive growth of opaque derivatives, and serious lack of supervision are all factors. The key cause of systemic risk in today's financial market.

(Zhou Yean)

"Lagging Latin America: the fatal temptation of Populism"

[Zhi] Sebastian jaminEdwards

Guo Jinxing's Translation

CITIC Publishing Group

The author has a very deep and original understanding of Latin America's reality and historical causes, and the vicious circle caused by populism is the main reason for its backwardness. Populism exists not only in Latin America, but also seems to be a phenomenon all over the world. When analyzing the dangers of populism in Latin America, the author used the Washington consensus as an analysis of lagging standards in Latin America, but interestingly, the remarkable political phenomena in recent years in the United States showed that American populism was also worrying. The value of this book is not to give answers to questions, but to arouse readers to think more.

(Zhang Yongsheng)

"Big changes: migrant workers and middle class"

Li Peilin wrote

China Social Sciences Press

After the reform and opening up, China realized the magnificent transformation from a backward agricultural country to a modern industrialized country. Its short time, low starting point and large scope were all seen in the history of the world. Among them, the formation of hundreds of millions of migrant workers and the growth of the middle class are the backbone of this great change. This book is formed on the basis of many years of systematic research, and has drawn many anti intuitive conclusions with normative social survey methods. For example, the changes in social attitudes of migrant workers and the change of values and behavior rules of the two generation of migrant workers are much more unexpected and thought-provoking than the changes of their parents.

(Zhang Yongsheng)

"Advanced manufacturing: new policies of the United States", William Bonvilia and Peter Singh

Shen Kaiyan's Translation

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press

Unlike the popular views in China, the rise of the new manufacturing industry in the United States is not entirely due to the free competition market. On the contrary, the US government plays an important role in it. In recent years, in order to revitalize the manufacturing industry in the United States, the US government has adopted a top-down innovation mode. The government not only provides long-term and stable financial assistance to enterprises, but also helps enterprises establish a complete training system for technology and innovation activities, and plays an active role in innovative ideas and project choices, especially in the activities of start-ups. This book not only enables us to learn from the effective mechanism of promoting innovation, but also plays a positive role.

(Zhou Yean)

"Human network: social position determines destiny" [Matthew Jackson]

Yu Jiang translation

CITIC Publishing Group

Who we are is not entirely determined by our own behavior decisions. To a large extent, who we are depends on whom we know, that is, depends on which social network we are in, and our position in the social network. Human society is a huge network. Strangers you are not familiar with will affect your destiny in the dark. Social networks enable us to connect, cooperate with each other, understand each other, and make us jealous and estranged each other. Without understanding the human network, we can not understand the fate of our times.

(He Fan)

Post truth era: when truth is manipulated and utilized, how do we see, listen and think?

Liu Qingshan's Translation

Post wave "democracy and construction press"

This is a book written for citizens living in the information society, and also a book dedicated to creating mature citizens in this era. Finding the insight of the new problems in the new era, the vivid narration and the unique way of discourse, let readers have to think about "what is the truth?" How to get the truth? " This important question. The author advocates a competitive truth based on information democracy to dispel misleading truth and many problems that may be caused by monopolistic truth. This is not profound in philosophy, but the suggestions put forward are insightful.

(Luo Weidong)

One thousand years in Europa: history of breaking the border

Ian Mortimer

Li Rongqing's Translation

Shanghai people's Publishing House

Historical changes seem complicated and disorderly, but Ian Mortimer, author of this book, can extract the most important clues from the numerous historical facts and help us understand the evolution of Europe from eleventh Century to twentieth Century. In Mortimer's view, history is not merely a linear improvement, but a roundabout exploration. Every generation has unique challenges for every generation. Every generation is bound to find the best possible solutions. It's an adventure. It's a balancing act like steel wire.

(He Fan)

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