就连咨询巨头麦肯锡以及顶流大学耶鲁都要强烈推荐的? 这个你必须了解一下。因为如果不看不知道,很可能无法与商界顶流们交流! 这就是一年一度Financial Times推出的书单!
Financial Times的书单可以堪称书单中的天花板,特别是它的商业书单。在投资界金融界,它的含金量甚至超过华尔街日报、泰晤士报。
就连作为咨询界巨头的麦肯锡和美国院校顶流的耶鲁大学,也在官网表示:Financial Times的书单,必须值得一看!
这些书籍不仅包含金融市场动向,还聚焦着全球经济趋势,让大家在阅读的同时,立马掌握金融圈的最新资讯。
1、2023商业书单
那就先从最知名的商业书单开始吧。据说在投资圈里想成为一名合格的金融人,就得学会把金融时报里的每一个专业名词理解清楚。
1.《How Big Things Get Done》-The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project 《怎样做成大事:决定每个项目命运的惊人因素》
作者:Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
本书主要讲的是做大项目,比如超级工程、大制作电影、重量级的新产品,以及像举办奥运会这样的大活动,背后的做事哲学。并且提出了“大型项目的铁律”:预算超支、时间超期、效益不足。值得思考。
2.《Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive》
作者:Amy Edmondson
3.《Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley》 《神奇小子——谢家华、Zappos和硅谷的幸福神话》
作者:Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans
书里讲述的是创造商业奇迹的华裔谢家华将Zappos打造成了一个价值10亿美元的服装鞋履品牌的故事以及他的一生。
4.《Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall》 《数字上涨:加密货币的疯狂上涨和惊人下跌》
作者:Zeke Faux 这是一部深入剖析加密货币市场的作品。作者以生动的文笔,带领读者领略了加密货币市场的疯狂崛起和惊人的崩溃,呈现了一场令人惊叹的金融冒险。
5.《The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone’s Work》byZeynep Ton
6.《Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway》byEd Conway
7.《Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire》by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams
8.《Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech》by Brian Merchant
9.《You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty: A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession 》by Jane Martinson
10.《Beijing Rules: China’s Quest for Global Influence》by Bethany Allen
11.《Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives》by Siddharth Kara
12.《Elon Musk》by Walter Isaacson
2、2023青少年书单
青少年书单让人瞠目结舌,《The Undying of Obedience Wellrest》是末世生存题材;《Play》讲4个朋友的冒险故事;《Four Good Liars》破案悬疑+惊悚,玩的就是心跳。
和国内推荐的青少年必读书目里四大名著,名人励志,经典古籍等等相比,选题新颖内容大胆,风格非常另类,成年人读起来也不会无聊。
1.《Play 》by Luke Palmer :主要内容讲的是四个朋友的冒险故事
2.《The Undying of Obedience Wellrest》by Nicholas Bowling
3.《An Echo in the City》by KX Song
4.《A Traveller in Time 》by Alison Uttley
5.《Four Good Liars》by Sarah Wishart
3、2023儿童读物书单
童书方面,《Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!》保持一贯低幼类图书的特点,充满童趣。《Wild》《The Lovely Dark》《Dodfather Death》却有点青春疼痛文学,充满了对生命、对自我的探索。 现在的孩子们读的东西也确实挺成熟,不是简单的看图说话编个公主王子梦就能糊弄他们的。
1.《The Lovely Dark》by Matthew Fox (9-11 years, Hodder)
2.《Wild 》by Ele Fountain (9-12 years, Pushkin Press)
3.《Godfather Death 》by Sally Nicholls and Júlia Sardà (7-12 years, Andersen Press)
4.《Weird and Wonderful Animals 》by Ben Rothery (5-7 years, Ladybird)
5.《Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!》by Mo Willems (3-5 years, Union Square Kids)
4、2023经济类书单
1.《Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America》by Brendan Ballou
2.《Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology》by Anu Bradford
3.《A Crash Course on Crises: Macroeconomic Concepts for Run-ups, Collapses, and Recoveries 》by Markus Brunnermeier and Ricardo Reis
4.《Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality》by Angus Deaton
5.《The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism 》by Sebastián Edwards
6.《The Eight Per Cent Solution: A Strategy for India’s Growth》by Nikhil Gupta
7.《Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy 》by Dieter Helm
8.《The Trade Weapon: How Weaponizing Trade Threatens Growth, Public Health and the Climate Transition》by Ken Heydon
9.《Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization 》by Harold James
10.《Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism》by Alan Kahan
11.《Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream》by David Leonhardt
12.《Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War》by Branko Milanovic
13.《The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World》by Johan Norberg
14.《My Journeys in Economic Theory 》by Edmund Phelps
15.《Making Sense of China’s Economy》by Tao Wang
16.《Revitalizing the World Trading System》by Alan Wolff
17.《Age of the City: Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together》by Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin
18.《Techno-Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism》by Yanis Varoufakis
一本好书可以打开一个精彩的世界,它们是回顾一年佳作的开始,而非结尾。 2023年,世界摇摇晃晃,但是读书让生活充满希望。