Bill Gates ' 2014-year recommendation

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, after retiring from the company, has been busy with his wife, Melinda, in public service. But leaving the IT circle did not change his habit of wearing cheap shirts and keeping learning--every week he spent time reading a book.

He is willing to share the learning experience is known to all, previously he has repeatedly recommended Coursera and other open class platform, and pointed out that "people who are willing to learn in any era, the environment will take the initiative to learn knowledge."

At the end of the year, Gates will recommend a book to the public. What about 2014? (The following ranking is based on the first letter of the title)

Business Adventures:

"Contains business articles from the 20th century 50-60-year New Yorker magazine. Many of its concepts and understandings still apply. I can't read it again. Business Adventures This classic does not get enough attention, but my most important business books. ”

Capital in the Twenty-first Century:

The book makes a data analysis of the distribution of wealth since the industrial revolution of 18th century.

The conclusion is that, without restrictive capitalism, the inequality of wealth is exacerbated, and the free market economy cannot completely solve the uneven distribution of wealth. The author's advocacy is: to restrain capitalism through democratic system. Citic Press has already been translated into the Chinese version.

How Asia works:

Cover the mainland and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, the economic situation of the study.

Points to some Western misconceptions about East Asia and tries to explain the question of why some countries will be able to boost their economic power in a short period of time, whereas some countries may gradually lose their vitality. In the same way, ask Citic (I really am not).

Making the Xiandai world:materials and dematerialization:

Environmental science professor Vaclav Smil's work.

"The material doesn't look new, but it's an important part of a better life for the world's poorest people," he said. In the past hundred years, in the United States and other developed countries, the quality of life of citizens has been leaps. We look forward to more miracles around the world in the next 50 years. ”

The Rosie multiplying:

The Rosie Project is one of Gates ' favorite novels, and the Rosie multiplying is its sequel.

The novel This kind of thing, varies from person to person, you see have meaning Bai?