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作者简介
The Commanding Heights is about the most powerful political and economic force in the world today -- the epic struggle between government and the marketplace that has, over the last twenty years, turned the world upside down and dramatically transformed our lives. Now, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize joins with a leading expert on the new marketplace to explain the revolution in ideas that is reshaping the modern world. Written with the same sweeping narrative power that made The Prize an enormous success, The Commanding Heights provides the historical perspective, the global vision, and the insight to help us understand the tumult of the past half century. Trillions of dollars in assets and fundamental political power are changing hands as free markets wrest control from government of the "commanding heights" -- the dominant businesses and industries of the world economy. Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw demonstrate that words like "privatization" and "deregulation" are inadequate to describe the enormous upheaval that is unfolding before our eyes. Along with the creation of vast new wealth, the map of the global economy is being redrawn. Indeed, the very structure of society is changing. New markets and new opportunities have brought great new risks as well. How has all this come about? Who are the major figures behind it? How does it affect our lives? The collapse of the Soviet Union, the awesome rise of China, the awakening of India, economic revival in Latin America, the march toward the European Union -- all are a part of this political and economic revolution. Fiscal realities and financial markets are relentlessly propelling deregulation; achieving a new balancebetween government and marketplace will be the major political challenge in the coming years. Looking back, the authors describe how the old balance was overturned, and by whom. Looking forward, they explore these questions: Will the new balance prevail?
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The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
评分The PBS tv series based on this book get me hooked to this book. Though the author seems to be a bit biased toward to the free market end, it is still one of the best economics books that I read in my bed. (in the light of the current crisis, the wave of de...
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评分读罢全书，我感受到的更多是一种智力上的满足感，而非单纯的信息摄入。它不仅仅是关于经济史，它更是一部关于人类野心、制度设计与技术革命如何塑造命运的史诗。作者的叙事视角极富穿透力，他没有将经济力量描绘成抽象的数字，而是将其具象化为一个个鲜活的机构、一个个富有远见的（或短视的）决策者。这本书的引人入胜之处在于，它让你明白，我们今天所处的“常态”，其实是无数次关键抉择累积的结果。它迫使你跳出自己狭隘的视角，去思考全球体系的脆弱性与韧性。那种被深刻启迪、世界观被拓宽的感觉，是极少数书籍才能带给读者的极致体验。
评分这本书的文字实在太迷人了，每一次翻页都像在探索一个未知的迷宫。作者的叙事功力简直是大师级的，他能将那些晦涩难懂的经济学理论，用一种近乎诗意的语言娓娓道来。我尤其欣赏他对历史细节的把握，那些看似微不足道的事件，在他的笔下却像是拼图的关键一块，最终构建出一个宏大而清晰的时代图景。读这本书，我常常会停下来，不是因为内容太难，而是因为那种文字的韵律和节奏感让人忍不住要细细品味。它不是那种催促你快点读完的快餐读物，而更像是一杯需要慢慢品尝的陈年佳酿，每一口都有新的回甘。那种穿透历史迷雾，直抵核心逻辑的洞察力，让人在合上书本后依然久久不能平静，脑海里不断回放着那些精妙的比喻和深刻的论断。我甚至觉得，光是学习作者的行文方式，就已经值回票价了。这不仅仅是阅读，更像是一场与历史巨匠的深度对话。
评分说实话，我一开始对这种厚重的学术性著作是有点抗拒的，担心会陷入枯燥的术语和繁复的数据泥潭。但这本书完全颠覆了我的预期。它最大的魅力在于其强大的“解释力”，它不是简单地罗列事实，而是像一位技艺高超的侦探，一步步解开资本、权力与技术交织在一起的复杂谜团。作者的论证过程严谨得令人信服，但阅读体验却异常流畅。他巧妙地穿梭于国家政策的宏大叙事和微观个体命运的细微变化之间，使得整个历史进程鲜活起来，充满了张力。我特别喜欢他处理那些争议性话题时的那种克制和公正，没有过度煽情，却能让人深刻体会到时代洪流下人性的挣扎与选择。读完后，我对过去几十年全球经济格局的理解，有了一种脱胎换骨的清晰感，仿佛蒙在眼睛上的纱布被揭开了。
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