美元霸权与中国崛起——兼论如何应对美国强制人民币升值

作为与黄金脱钩的世界货币,美国倚仗美元霸权绝对的融资优势,可以轻松地收购世界各国经济的关键部门,支撑为维护帝国而花费的庞大军事开支。在当前美国等西方经济陷入长期停滞之际,国际金融资本的下一步目标直指中国。美国对中国发动经济战争的最终目的,是取得对中国经济制高点的控制权,从而取得对中国资产的控制权,这既可以消除中国经济增长对美国霸权地位的威胁,又可以享有中国经济增长的好处。美国实现这一目标最重要的步骤是要中国放弃金融主权,进一步推动金融自由化。这是美国对中国发动汇率战的真实背景。为应对国际金融资本的进攻,中国应采取包括回购外资企业在内的一系列政策措施。     

The Effects of Idealized Advertising Imagery on Social Comparisons,Psychological and Emotional Outcomes,and Consumer Vulnerability: A Conceptual Model

This article integrates marketing and social psychology theories and findings into a conceptual model that describes the conditions for which idealized advertising images induce positive (or negative) consumer outcomes. Extending Bessenoff's moderated mediation model, the authors propose that: (1) effect of social comparison on the relationship between exposure to idealized advertising images and psychological/emotional outcomes will be moderated by internalization of ideals and self-discrepancy; (2) effect of psychological/emotional outcomes on the relationship between social comparison and consumer vulnerability will be moderated by attainability of ideals; and (3) product claims should moderate the relationship between psychological and emotional outcomes and consumer vulnerability.     

Steven Levitt on Abortion and Crime: Old Economics in New Bottles

This article explores the work of Steven Levitt on abortion and crime as representative of a new wave of economists that are redefining the mainstream of the discipline. Levitt has moved away from formalized modeling of narrow self‐interested maximization that was a hallmark of the “old” mainstream. However, he retains the “old” mainstream linchpins of a focus on the individual by abstracting from the social context, and an emphasis on the ability of econometric testing to reveal the truth. These crucial elements that Levitt retains from the “old” mainstream create some problems of both emphasis and analysis for his explanation for the drop in crime in the United States.