2024年度经济学人推荐书单

评语：（Biography and memoir） Judith Jones edited literary and culinary greats and saved Anne Frank’s diary from a “slush” pile of rejected manuscripts. This biography posits that the people who shape iconic books often do so invisibly. 朱迪斯-琼斯曾编辑过文学和烹饪大师的作品，并将安妮-弗兰克的日记从 “废稿 ”堆中拯救出来的日记。这本传记认为，塑造经典书籍的人往往是不为人知的。

评语：（Biography and memoir 传记和回忆录） Could your marriage survive a shipwreck? This book tells the tale of a couple stranded almost four months at sea—and the love story that bubbled alongside.你的婚姻能在海难中幸存下来吗？本书讲述了一对夫妇在海上滞留近四个月的故事--以及与此同时发生的爱情故事。

评语：（Biography and memoir 传记和回忆录）The first major biography of Paul Gauguin in three decades. The French artist is ripe for cancellation, but this clear-eyed account shows that his norm-breaking and talent were part of the same palette.三十年来第一本保罗-高更的重要传记。这位法国艺术家已经到了被取消的时候，但这本观点鲜明的传记表明，他的打破常规和才华是同一块调色板的一部分。

评语：（Biography and memoir 传记和回忆录）A Yale graduate exposes the “luxury” beliefs that have gripped elites. At once a memoir and an analysis of the widespread muddled thinking on America’s university campuses.一位耶鲁大学毕业生揭露了精英们的 “奢侈 ”信仰。这既是一本回忆录，也是对美国大学校园中普遍存在的糊涂思想的分析。

评语：（Biography and memoir）Alexei Navalny had a clear sense of mission: he wanted to liberate Russia from a despot’s grip. In a moving posthumous memoir, the murdered opposition leader chronicles his martyrdom.阿列克谢-纳瓦尔尼有着明确的使命感：他要把俄罗斯从专制统治下解放出来。在这位被谋杀的反对党领袖在一本感人至深的遗作中记录了他的殉难经历。

评语：（Biography and memoir）In 2018 Christine Blasey Ford accused Brett Kavanaugh, a nominee for the Supreme Court, of assaulting her when they were teenagers. Her memoir shows the cost of stepping forward.2018 年，克里斯蒂娜-布拉西-福特指控最高法院提名人布雷特-卡瓦诺在他们还是青少年时侵犯了她。她的回忆录显示了挺身而出的代价。

评语：（Biography and memoir）Franz Kafka’s fame is not only the product of literary excellence. He also got lucky, as this biography of the writer’s afterlife reveals. It traces his metamorphosis from sickly lawyer to global literary icon. 弗朗茨-卡夫卡的成名不仅是因为他在文学上的卓越成就。正如这本作家生平传记所揭示的那样，他也是幸运的。书中追溯了他从病态律师到全球文学偶像的蜕变过程。

评语：（Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ） People generate unfathomable quantities of data. What happens to that data when they die? The philosophical concerns of this compelling book linger in the mind. 人们产生的数据量深不可测。他们死后，这些数据会发生什么变化？这本引人入胜的书所关注的哲学问题令人回味无穷。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）An invaluable guide to thinking about uncertainty, from a master of the craft. Using simple algebra to illuminate broad ideas, this book has the sort of elegance that makes mathematicians enjoy maths.不确定性思考的宝贵指南，出自一位大师之手。本书用简单的代数来阐明广泛的观点，其优雅的风格让数学家们乐在其中。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）How do you get the most from AI? The technology is an “alien intelligence” that can augment humans’ own—but people need to raise their game.如何充分利用人工智能？这项技术是一种 “外星智能”，可以增强人类自身的智能，但人们需要提高自己的水平。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ） A vivid account of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever. The author spent years getting to know the players, many of them unsavoury international gangsters.生动讲述了有史以来最大规模的执法刺杀行动。作者花了数年时间了解参与者，其中许多人都是不怀好意的国际黑帮分子。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）In fewer than 200 pages, the author canters through the history of human progress, pausing to explain the economic forces that drove it forward.在不到 200 页的篇幅里，作者娓娓道来人类进步的历史，并不时解释推动人类进步的经济力量。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）A whistle-stop historical tour, with money as the central character. The author is a former central banker, but do not be put off—this is no dry tome.这是一部以货币为中心人物的历史之旅。作者曾任中央银行行长，但请不要对其望而却步--这不是一本枯燥乏味的巨著。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）A wide-ranging survey of how games shape reality. By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.这是一本对游戏如何塑造现实的广泛研究。本书既富有哲理，又不乏争论，是一本极具启发性、引人入胜的著作。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）What better time to produce a cautionary tale about the relationship between bosses and American presidents? The lesson is: it’s OK to be the president’s golf buddy—just don’t beat him.还有什么更好的时机来编写一部关于老板与美国总统之间关系的警世故事呢？教训就是：做总统的高尔夫球友没问题，但不要打败他。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）In this diatribe against “pseudo-productivity”, a sage of the post-pandemic workplace offers practical advice on how to “protect” your time.在这篇反对 “伪生产力 ”的檄文中，一位后工作场所的圣人就如何 “保护 ”自己的时间提出了切实可行的建议。

评语：（ Business, economics and technology 商业、经济和技术 ）The co-founder of Whole Foods Market tells a story of self-discovery and entrepreneurial chutzpah that changed the way well-heeled Americans approach healthy eating.这位全食超市（Whole Foods Market）的联合创始人讲述了一个关于自我发现和创业胆识的故事，这个故事改变了富裕的美国人对待健康饮食的方式。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) The rise and fall of Inigo Philbrick, a wheeler-dealer who was convicted of perpetrating the largest art fraud in American history, reads like a “Liar’s Poker” for the art world.伊尼戈-菲尔布里克（Inigo Philbrick）是美国历史上最大的艺术品欺诈案的主谋，他的兴衰史就像艺术界的 “说谎者的扑克牌”。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) A professor of literature looks across five centuries at 18 people who have shaped books as objects, from printers to binders. The stories behind books are page-turning in their own right.一位文学教授纵观五个世纪，从印刷商到装订商，18 位人物塑造了书籍这一物品。书籍背后的故事本身就令人怦然心动。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) A detailed history of reality TV, arguing it is “the first draft of internet culture”. To understand where the modern newsfeed came from, study the dirty documentary. 一部详尽的真人秀历史，认为它是 “互联网文化的初稿”。要了解现代新闻推送的起源，请学习这部肮脏的纪录片。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) What makes the art world tick? A journalist chronicles the whims of dealers and collectors; her account is written with humour and verve.是什么让艺术世界熠熠生辉？一位记者记录了交易商和收藏家的奇思妙想；她的叙述幽默而生动。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into British English. But is it really so bad? An expert on language dives in.英国知识分子乐于哀叹美式英语大量涌入英国英语。但情况真的如此糟糕吗？语言专家对此进行了深入探讨。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) A tour through the annals of words’ origins. This book will appeal to logophiles and even true-crime fans, because it feels like a detective story.文字起源的历史之旅。这本书会吸引逻各斯爱好者，甚至是真实犯罪迷，因为它给人的感觉就像一个侦探故事。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) A close reading of the first book of the Bible. America’s greatest living novelist balances pessimism about human nature with confidence in a loving God.《圣经》第一卷的精读。美国最伟大的在世小说家在对人性的悲观与对慈爱上帝的信心之间取得了平衡。

评语：( Culture and arts 文化与艺术 ) Essential for anyone who loves novels, this book examines how writers translated the seismic and bloody 20th century into memorable fiction.本书是所有热爱小说的人的必读书，它探讨了作家们如何将20世纪的动荡和血腥转化为令人难忘的小说。