Truth and Form

In this article I discuss some problems concerning the truth value of narratives; more specifically as this problematic is played out in empirical, narrative research. My point of departure is Jane O’Dea’s critique of Denis Phillips’ views of the topic. While Phillips thinks that truth (in the correspondence sense) definitely should be a concern for narrative researchers, O’Dea claims that Phillips mistakes what kind of research narrative is, and that the notion of truth he advocates therefore is inappropriate. I argue that neither of them takes into account the particular beginning-middle-ending form of narratives, which if anything makes the truth issue more complicated, but certainly not less important.     

2000—2010年中国经济发展的实证研究——基于菲利普斯曲线与奥肯定律的分析

菲利普斯曲线和奥肯定律揭示了宏观经济发展中失业率、国内生产总值、通货膨胀率之间的内在联系,为宏观经济预警与调：崆提供辅助作用。中国2000—2010年的经济指标与菲利普斯曲线、奥肯定律原理不完全对应,且2008—2010年我国经济发展趋势呈明显的波动状态,这与世界金融危机、国家宏观政策等因素息息相关。因此,为保证经济的平稳较快发展,我国应增强通货膨胀率的监控,完善通货膨胀预期管理体系;加强汇率及流动性管理;加快经济发展方式转变。     

Changing academic task persistence through a self-instructional attribution training program

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether a self-instructional method of attribution training could effectively alter both academic task persistence and effort attributions for success and failure. Ninety children with low-effort attributions were identified and randomly assigned to three groups. The two experimental groups (experiential and formal presentation) were given training with two slightly different self-instructional procedure and compared to a control group receiving no such training. The results revealed that both experimental groups receiving the self-instructional attribution training evidenced significant differences from the control group in both academic task persistence and effort attribution.     

菲利普斯曲线否定之否定的发展

菲利普斯曲线自提出以来,就受到了凯恩斯主义经济学家的高度重视,同时也受到了反凯恩斯主义学派的反对,围绕菲利普斯曲线,凯恩斯学派和反凯恩斯学派的争论从没有停止。以弗里德曼为首的货币主义学派认为短期菲利普斯曲线有效而长期无效,理性预期学派则从根本上否认了菲利普斯曲线的存在。但是,菲利普斯曲线作为反映通货膨胀率和失业率之间关系的是客观存在的,只是由于客观经济条件发生了变化,菲利普斯曲线存在的条件改变了,菲利普斯曲线才发生了移动。菲利普斯曲线只是说明通货膨胀和失业的相关性,并不意味着二者是因果关系,通货膨胀和失业的原因是不一致的。     

失业、物价和经济增长——中国的菲利普斯曲线与货币政策目标选择

失业、物价与经济增长是经济理论争论的焦点,也是货币政策调控的重点,对三者相互关系的描述即菲利普斯曲线。我国经济正处于经济转轨时期,经济增长、物价和失业也是我国经济可持续发展必须协调的三个重要因素。文章对我国经济运行过程中菲利普斯曲线进行描绘,以期对我国货币政策目标选择提出建议。     

2000-2010年中国经济发展的实证研究——基于菲利普斯曲线与奥肯定律的分析

菲利普斯曲线和奥肯定律揭示了宏观经济发展中失业率、国内生产总值、通货膨胀率之间的内在联系,为宏观经济预警与调控提供辅助作用。中国2000-2010年的经济指标与菲利普斯曲线、奥肯定律原理不完全对应,且2008-2010年我国经济发展趋势呈明显的波动状态,这与世界金融危机、国家宏观政策等因素息息相关。因此,为保证经济的平稳较快发展,我国应增强通货膨胀率的监控,完善通货膨胀预期管理体系;加强汇率及流动性管理;加快经济发展方式转变。     

Shakespearean Intertexts and European Identities in Contemporary Black British Fiction

The article analyses the presence of William Shakespeare as intertext in three recent novels by black British writers which deploy the work of the Bard as they explore British and European identities. Caryl Phillips’s The Nature of Blood recreates an Othello-like figure who in early Modern Venice struggles to come to terms with his identity as an outsider. Zadie Smith’s White Teeth summarises the influence of imperial history in contemporary English society with The Tempest’s idea that ‘What is past is prologue’ and evokes an African presence in Shakespeare’s England by way of the dark lady in sonnets. Bernardine Evaristo’s Soul Tourists presents a journey through European countries that are haunted by the ghosts of old African inhabitants, among them the dark lady of the sonnets. These novels use their dialogue with William Shakespeare to construct stories of Africans in Europe in the past centuries that question received narratives of the British nation and undermine the myth of an all-white Europe.