Book List for Winter Vacation by FISF, For Self-improvement, Add to Your Favorites!

Release time：2021-02-05    

At this moment,

Freed from heavy schoolwork

And with the galloping pace of life

Seemingly slowing down,

The pleasant winter vacation has quietly come.

At this moment,

Bathed in the warm afternoon sunshine

With a cup of scented tea,

A long-awaited book softly opened up

This is just what vacations should be like.

The details are as follows~

Recommended by FISF FMBA Professors

A Special Book List of FISF

1

The Power of China’s Financial System

Written by: Jun Qian

Published by: Orient Publishing Center

Content Introduction: The Power of China’s Financial System gives a panoramic description of the magnificent picture of China’s financial system and makes a detailed analysis on its unique features.

Recommended by:

Jun Qian: Executive Dean of FISF, Professor of Finance, Doctoral Supervisor

Lei Zhu: Associate Professor of Accounting at FISF (with tenure)

Reasons for Recommendation:

By systematically presenting the development map of the capital market, the book gives a panoramic description of the magnificent picture of China’s financial system and makes a detailed analysis on its unique features. Additionally, it conducts a horizontal comparison between the financial systems in China and other major developed and emerging markets, thus further explores the significance of the financial system in supporting economic growth as well as social development.

To know more about the reform history and opportunities of China’s capital market, we sincerely recommend you open up The Power of China’s Financial System, to judge, to analyze, and to achieve solutions. With these solutions, we hope that she can bloom into a more gorgeous presence in the future.

2

Dataclysm：Who We Are

(When We Think No One's Looking)

Written by: Christian Rudder

Published by: Marco Polo Culture

Content Introduction: The author of the book is the initiator of OkCupid, an American dating website. The book mainly talks about human relations on the basis of big data. The cited data comes from this dating website.

Recommended by:

Charles Zhang: Deputy Dean of Academics at FISF, Professor of Finance, Director of Fintech Research Center, Visiting Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Reasons for Recommendation:

Any early look at big data and what it can really do. It uses a really accessible method of discussion while still capturing the core principles as to the whys and hows. It encourages us to search for who we really are as individuals and a society (beyond our perceptions or image) through the lens of data and was one of the first big-data-driven accounts. It shifts the focus from story-telling to reading numbers—using aggregates to describe potentially very idiosyncratic behavior—consequently also looking deeply at how to read data, graphs, and tables. It really brings these cryptic tools to reality and makes it all very accessible.

A College and A Master

Written by: Nan Yue

Published by: China Culture and History Press

Subtitle: Biography of Yiqi Mei, President of Tsinghua University

Content Introduction: The vivid biography of the extraordinary educator, Yiqi Mei. This work includes his personal growth, overseas study and painful struggle in his devotion to education during turbulent times. He put forward and stuck all his life to “the master theory” and some other educational ideology and school-directing concepts. With his faithful and selfless personal quality, he laid a solid foundation for Tsinghua University to become what it is now, exerting huge influence on students from generation to generation.

Recommended by:

Huasheng Gao: Deputy Dean of FISF, Professor of Finance, Doctoral Supervisor

Reasons for Recommendation:

There isn’t much about Yiqi Mei’s personal life while in Mainland China, as he moved to Taiwan, China in 1949. I personally read the book before, which systematically introduces Mr. Mei’s great contributions to education and his specific concepts. It’s a pretty good read.

4

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Written by: Dale Carnegie

Published by: Tianjin Peoples Publishing House

Content Introduction: Since its initial publication eighty years ago, How to Win Friends & Influence People has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. In his book, Carnegie explains that success comes from the ability to communicate effectively with others. He provides relatable analogies and examples, and teaches you skills to make people want to be in your company, see things your way, and feel wonderful about it. For more than eighty years his advice has helped thousands of successful people in their business and personal lives.

Recommended by:

Huafeng Chen: Professor of Finance at FISF, Doctoral Supervisor, Academic Director of MBA Program.

Reasons for Recommendation:

A classic work that maintains a high reference value of its own in present society. Worth reading and returning to again and again.

5

The Great Divergence and Modernization of China’s Economic History

Written by: Debin Ma

Published by: Zhejiang University Press

Content Introduction: The book reflects on the combination of the great divergence problem in the 18^th century and even earlier, issues with modernization since the mid-19^th century. It has a comparative vision among China, Europe and Japan, and introduces theories or methods of modern economics.

Recommended by:

Donghui Shi: Professor of Finance at FISF

Reasons for Recommendation:

The compared fields include wages, commodity prices and the living standards after the removal of price differences. The book explores the eve of “the great divergence” from three aspects of energy, labor cost and technology, and returns to “the system of prefectures and counties” during the Qin Dynasty to have a dialogue with ideologists in past times. Additionally, it also makes a comparison between the different economic modernization paths of China and Japan after “the great divergence”. By doing research with the features of both the econometric history and new-system economics and by exercising restraints and speculations, the book reveals to readers the tremendous tension between promoting and restraining economic growth.

6

Trade Wars are class wars

Written by: Matthew C. Klein / Michael Pettis

Published by: Yale University Press

Content Introduction: Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today’s trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. In this thought‑provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace—and what we can do about it.

Recommended by:

Yongqin Wang: Professor of Economics at Fudan University, Doctoral Supervisor, Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (2016-2017)

Reasons for Recommendation:

The book holds the view that trade wars are the extension of domestic class conflicts. Through comparison of trades and capital in China, America and Germany, it mainly discusses the relationship among the financial system, income gap and trade wars. As stated in the book, “for decades the actual borrowing cost has always been lower than long-term predictions of actual economic growth rate, remaining at about 0.” “By 2018, China’s household consumption has not reached 40% of its output, far less than other economies.” Students may test and verify the ideas in the book with the concepts acquired from daily study so as to better understand the relations between finance and real economy, economy and politics, thus gaining a comprehensive awareness of the global situations.

May every one of you enjoy a great winter vacation!

See you next term!