A History of Interest Rates presents a very readable account of interest rate trends and lending practices over four millennia of economic history. Despite the paucity of data prior to the Industrial Revolution, authors Homer and Sylla provide a highly detailed analysis of money markets and borrowing practices in major economies. Underlying the analysis is their assertion that "the free market long-term rates of interest for any industrial nation, properly charted, provide a sort of fever ...

《利率史(第4版)》的独到与精妙之处在于其涉及的范围和主题所包含的广泛内容。没有任何一项研究具有这样的跨度。金融专业人士可以由此来评判当代利率水平和货币发展态势。研究历史的人们也许会看到相应的国家和文明的兴衰、战争的发动和灾难，以及和平的享用和滥用。研究经济学的人们也许能从利率的潮汐变化中意识到在广袤的时间和空间中经济增长和经济衰退这两股轮流坐庄的力量所产生的影响。悉尼·霍默于1963年出版了《利率史》第一版——当时利率还不是人们重点关注的内容——因为他相信很有必要出版一部覆盖全球的基本经济和商业价格历史著述。40多年以后，《利率史》已经成为财经领域的一部经典著述。《利率史》第四版用浅显易读的风格叙述了跨越经济史4000多年的利率趋势和借贷习俗故事。这部独特的著述充满了深邃的真知灼见和大量的图表说明，清晰全面地展示了利率动向。金融专业人士可以由此来评判当代利率水平和货币发展态势。本书在已有数据资料的基础上运用了一些分析工具，比如收益曲线平均数和每10年平均数。《利率史》第四版以极其详尽的笔墨分析了主要经济体的货...

A completely updated edition of the guide to modern bond analysisFirst published in 1972, Inside the Yield Book revolutionized the fixed-income industry and forever altered the way investors looked at bonds. Over forty years later, it remains a standard primer and reference among market professionals. Generations of practitioners, investors, and students have relied on its lucid explanations, and readers needing to delve more deeply have found its...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

Homer Fink could speak Latin and Greek or chart the orbit of the planet Jupiter, but when it came to tying his shoelaces or knotting his tie Homer was helpless.The Adventures of Homer Fink is a story of youth's first awareness of power and philosophy and love. It is peopled with characters as real as your next-door neighbors and yet uniquely extraordinary. Above all, this is a tale full of humor and affection and the wonder of growing up.