On the evening of January 16, the "2021 Economics Book (100 Kinds) Conference" was held online, and the theme of the conference was reading and writing in economics in the era of great change, and a total of 38,000 people watched.
As the main person in charge of the annual economics book, Ben Li, editor-in-chief of the China Economics Education and Research Network, pointed out in his opening speech, "In the face of the era of great changes, it is especially necessary to remain sober and in awe- and continuous in-depth reading, thinking and writing is the source of our sobriety and self-knowledge." ”
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Subsequently, Benli introduced the characteristics of the 2021 economics books and the selection of books: "Ideological, historical narrative and interdisciplinary interdisciplinarity have become the three major characteristics of economics books in recent years, especially in 2021. Based on the problems faced by the great changes, the book list has also added a special classification of "uncertainty, risk and crisis". ”
In the keynote speech, Wang Yijiang, professor of economics and human resources at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and doctor of economics at Harvard University, pointed out that we need to reconsider the philosophical basis of economics. "'Violence' is an important part of human nature, and when we think about economics, the new philosophical basis is 'violence' and the market."
The event also featured a roundtable dialogue to explore the narrative of economics and the future of local works.
When it comes to economic reading and narrative, Zhang Xiaoyu, a researcher at the World Politics Research Center of East China Normal University and the author of "Business and Civilization", believes that economic writing should maintain a certain sense of life and use the mood of dialogue and chat with readers.
Why read the classics? Zhang Xiaoyu pointed out, "When new problems come to us, our most intuitive reaction is to go back to the past and see how humans created new tools to solve new problems at that time, which is the meaning of classic reading." ”
Tu Zhiyong, associate professor at Peking University's HSBC Business School, believes that the birth of each discipline stems from people solving problems from a new and unique perspective, and the classic of a discipline is the ultimate answer to the problems faced by human beings in this field.