EI: 2 out of 17 Extrovert |-------------------------------------------------| Introvert               |              11% SN: 8 out of 17 Sensation |-------------------------------------------------| iNtuition                                 |                                47% TF: 9 out of 17 Thinking  |-------------------------------------------------| Feeling                                    |                                   52% JP: 11 out of 17 Judging   |-------------------------------------------------| Perceiving                                          |                                         64%

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Definitions: The four pairs of preference alternatives above (Extrovert, iNtuitive etc.)

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	Make an informed career choice             Type descriptions   ENFJ: “Pedagogue”. Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others to be the best that they can be. 5% of the total population.ENFP “Journalist”. These people love novelty and surprises. They are big on emotions and expression. Life is an exciting drama. They are good at sales, advertising, politics, and acting. 5% of the total population. ENTJ: “Field Marshall”. The basic driving force and need is to lead. Tend to seek a position of responsibility and enjoys being an executive. 5% of the total population. ENTP: “Inventor”. Enthusiastic interest in everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and innovative. 5% of the total population. ESFJ: “Seller”. Most sociable of all types. Outstanding host or hostesses. They may be dependent, first on parents and later on spouses. They excel in service occupations involving personal contact. 13% of the total population. ESFP: “Entertainer”. Radiates attractive warmth and optimism. Smooth, witty, charming, clever. Fun to be with. Very generous. They make good performers, they like public relations, and they love the phone. 13% of the total population. ESTJ: “Administrator”. Much in touch with the external environment. These are responsible mates and parents and are loyal to the workplace. They are realistic, down-to-earth, orderly, and love tradition. They often find themselves joining civic clubs! 13% of the total population ESTP “Promoter”: These are action-oriented people, often sophisticated, sometimes ruthless — our “James Bonds.” As mates, they are exciting and charming, but they have trouble with commitment. They make good promoters, entrepreneurs, and con artists. 13% of the total population. INFJ: “Author”. Strong drive and enjoyment to help others. Complex personality. 1% of the total population. These are serious students and workers who really want to contribute. They are private and easily hurt. They make good spouses, but tend to be physically reserved. People often think they are psychic. They make good therapists, general practitioners, ministers, and so on. INFP: “Questor”. These people are idealistic, self-sacrificing, and somewhat cool or reserved. They are very family and home oriented, but don’t relax well. High capacity for caring. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 1% of the total population. INTJ: “Scientist”. Most self-confident and pragmatic of all the types. Decisions come very easily. These are the most independent of all types. They love logic and ideas and are drawn to scientific research. They can be rather single-minded, though.. 1% of the total population. INTP: “Architect”. Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. They are good at logic and math and make good philosophers and theoretical scientists, but not writers or salespeople. 1% of the total population. ISFJ: “Conservator”. These people are service and work oriented  - very loyal. They may suffer from fatigue and tend to be attracted to troublemakers. They are good nurses, teachers, secretaries, general practitioners, librarians, middle managers, and housekeepers. 6% of the total population. ISFP: “Artist”. Interested in the fine arts. Expression primarily through action or art form. They are shy and retiring, and are not talkative,. They are not big on commitment. 5% of the total population. ISTJ “Trustee” These are dependable pillars of strength. They often try to reform their mates and other people. They make good bank examiners, auditors, accountants, and phys. ed. teachers, and boy or girl scouts! 6% of the total population. ISTP: “Artisan”. These people are action-oriented and fearless, and crave excitement. They are impulsive and dangerous to stop. They often like tools, instruments, and weapons, and often become technical experts. They are not interested in communications and are often incorrectly diagnosed as dyslexic or hyperactive. 5% of the total population.

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Make an informed career choice            ESFP   ESFPs’ need to socialize with others may create difficulties at work or school. Their tendency to over-emphasize subjective data can cause problems in structured situations. Like all SP’s, ESFP’s resist regulations and they can become quite defiant when their sense of freedom is violated. Their disregard for standard procedures will take the form of passive resistance and ESFP’s usually develop many skills to annoy the people they blame for their loss of liberty. ESFP’s are prone to neglecting time-limits and situations requiring organized goals; under such circumstances, ESFP’s will become bored and restless, and will quickly develop a feeling of emptiness.  If a stressful situation endures, ESFP’s will respond against others by mistreating themselves and acquiring habits that are self-destructive. Feeling empty, restless, and bored, ESFP’s may experience a regression of their skills, graceful movements, and maturity. ESFP’s penalize those responsible for obstructing their freedom while, at the same time, they restore excitement back into their own lives. Having not obtained freedom through appropriate behavior, ESFP’s overwhelmed with stress will behave in ways that are unproductive to themselves and others.Careers This lists represent careers and jobs people of your type tend to enjoy doing. The job requirements are similar to the personality tendencies of your personality type. It is important to remember that this is not a list of all the jobs possible. And it is very important to remember that people can, and frequently do, fill jobs that are dissimilar to their personality… this happens all the time…and sometimes works out quite well. veterinarian flight attendant floral designer real estate agent child care provider social worker fundraiser athletic coach musician secretary receptionist special events producer teacher: preschool teacher: elementary emergency room nurse occupational therapist exercise physiologist team trainer travel sales public relations specialist waiter/waitress labor relations mediator

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personality tests by similarminds.com ]]> http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/08/04/career-test-1-similarmindscom/feed/ http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/07/25/book-review-the-next-great-globalization/ http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/07/25/book-review-the-next-great-globalization/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:56:44 +0000 jiacui http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/07/25/book-review-the-next-great-globalization/  a GREAT book on a GREAT issue

As the final word, Mishkin says: “…the next great globalization should be financial. I hope this book provides some guidance on how it can be done right.”

It sure did.

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(Since my review is somewhat long, I’ll present the outline first.) I’ve scrutinized the book with much care, and I’ll write about the following reviews in sequence:

• I. Book’s main issue
• II. The author’s standpoint
• III. Book content summary
• IV. The writing style
• V. My personal view about globalization

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• I. The issue of the book

This book touches the grand topic of financial globalization, which is something important yet confusing to us ordinary people. Though the topic has a large audience, few writers dared to address it, since the picture of globalization is too big and complex for most to envision, to understand, to interpret. THEY ARE SIMPLY UNABLE TO HANDLE IT. Those who are interested in globalization - and especially financial globalization - have been waited a long time for someone who can really explain it for them.

Mishkin didn’t fail us. In a relatively short book, he outlined the whole structure of financial globalization with nations as the basic unit of study.

I think this books is comparable to <The world is flat>, in which the journalist Friedman painstaking drew the huge picture of globalization with vivid stories and anecdotes. He did make the whole thing come to live. And this book is different in nature. While Friedman strived to give us an INTUITIVE FEELING about globalization (even created a phrase to capture the elusive concept - “the flat world”), Mishkin tried to RATIONALLY ANALYZE it for us. While Friedman kept our mouth open APPERCIATING the effects of globalization, Mishkin keeps us thinking about HOW it works. While Friedman enabled us to ENVISION it, Mishkin enabled us to UNDERSTAND it.

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• II. The author’s standpoint

Like most economists, Mishkin is strongly “pro-globalization”, even when talking about the controversial - financial globalization. He believes that successful participation in the world capital market can give weak countries the chance to catch up with their rich brothers. He argues persuasively that financial liberation in a country is mostly about how to get the SYSTEM right. It is the institutional design that matters most, not the amount of capital in it. As he puts it, when the institutional structure is in good shape, the market can attract investment, allocate them to their most effective uses, and keep away from financial crises.

As for the basic infrastructure of financial system, he mentions the following elements again and again:

• 1. Developing strong property rights. Lack of property right protection kills investment incentives.
• 2. An effective and efficient legal system. If the legal system doesn’t work or work too slowly, it will also be a huge impediment to investing.
• 3. Financial supervision and regulation. Such practice include increasing market transparency, enforcing strong accounting standards, imposing safe capital requirement of banks, effective supervision of the financial institutions, and so on.

Although the prospect of financial globalization for “emerging market economies” is brilliant, powerful politicians and businesses may have strong will against it. Especially domestic monopolies, they hate globalization because it brings competition.

Mishkin believes that the action of globalization can “force” reluctant officials and business elites to embrace globalization, by giving them incentive and increasing competition.

Mismanagements by the elites will cause severe problems. For example, in an attempt to quickly privatize the banks, the Mexican government made many impudent moves that left the financial system at high risk, which resulted in a lending boom. The same thing happened when the chaebols (huge family-owned conglomerates in South Korea) perverted the financial liberalization process to suit their insatiable thirst for capital, which also resulted in a financial crisis.

The author believes that the financial crises of “emerging market economies” are generally “homegrown”. External effects function only as problem accelerators.

In his analysis of the three typical financial crashes, one important villain in monetary policy is “pegged exchange rate + liability dollarization”. It is also argued that, to keep the financial system in good shape, both fiscal and monetary policies must be responsible.

He believes, although quite naively, that the IMF and some other institutions (his brainchildren) can be “lender of last resort” and therefore act as the savior of weak countries in trouble.

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• III. Content summary

The first part of the book, “Is financial globalization beneficial?” illustrated why financial globalization is bound to come, what it will look like, and how such globalization can change our lives for the better.

Then, the second part, “financial crisis in emerging market economies”, showed how the whole thing can go wrong if mishandled. With case studies of three financial crises (respectively in Mexico 94′, South Korea 97 - 98′, and Argentina 01 - 02′), Mishkin showed us how strong political and business interests can pervert the right course of financial liberalization, give rise to unhealthy lending booms with large amounts of bad loans, and how such problems can eventually turn into currency crises, and finally, full-fledged financial disasters.

The third part, “How can disadvantaged nations make financial globalization work for them”, gives prescriptions to developing nations on how to enter into the world capital market profitably and safely.

The fourth part, “How can the International Community Promote Successful Globalization?” centers on the roles of IMF and advanced countries in helping new comers. This part, however well intentioned, is little if at all useful. IMF and other international institutions, in which Mishkin places unjustified hope, are largely manipulated by political interests of strong countries. The world powers dominated it. For example, since the IMF requires an 85% vote to get a bill passed and U.S. counts as 17%, the United States actually has a veto. Probing into the history, we see they frequently fail to act in the interest of the weak countries in trouble. Unfortunately, even Mishkin himself agree that the IMF, as well as the World Bank, cannot take the role of a savior.

The final part, “where do we go from here”, is an epilogue with a hopeful look into the bright future of financial globalization.

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• IV. Writing style

Luckily, his writing is rather layman-friendly! With careful explanation and detailed analysis, even those with no prior knowledge about finance can understand many technical terms after reading. Ever terrified by such words like “liquidity”, “liability dollarization” and “financial liberalization”? Don’t worry. They will be part of your active vocabulary after this book.

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• V. Some personal thoughts on financial globalization

Although undesired by many, globalization, in today’s world, seems more and more unavoidable. Most of us have sensed its rush towards us, gaining momentum along the way. Therefore, we need to get ready for it, with both an open mind but also aware of its potential to do harm.

Caution first:

I think the problem in globalization is INHERENT in PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMICS. Most economists are fond of globalization just like they are fond of free-trade, since globalization is virtually FREE-TRADE in THE WHOLE WORLD. According to the economics theory, “TRADE MAKES PEOPLE BETTER-OFF” by allowing them to specialize in their advantaged area. Free-trade promotes competition, which results in lower prices for better goods.

However, when we take the social effects into account, TRADE DOESN’T NECESSARILY MAKE PEOPLE BETTER-OFF, since it maximizes profits AT THE EXPENSE OF POLARIZATION. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Let’s consider welfare: economists would tell you unanimously that any form of welfare reduces economics outcomes. True. But aren’t those who live in the European welfare states happy about their society safety net? Furthermore, pursuing free trade and increasing the income gap means decreasing social stability, and this undermines the economy in return - the poor not only get poorer, but also angrier.

Therefore, if the whole world is to be integrated into one single economy (as is the ultimate future goal of globalization), we can expect severer polarization. You might say, well, since a free-trade country can solve its problem, why cannot a free-trade world? The situation is, when wealth distribution gets too uneven in United States, there is still a federal government to redistribute for U.S. citizens. However, when the inequality occurs on a global scale, who is going to redress the problem for World citizens?

An open mind is also important:

There are certainly beneficial outcomes for globalization besides the creation of a world-free-market. Some of them are:

1) Financial opportunities

Utilizing financial globalization resources is a great opportunity for the poor, as illustrated by Prof. Muhammad Yunus’s (06 Nobel Peace Laureate) feat with Grameen Bank. His micro-loans to the poor in Bangladesh has lifted millions from absolute poverty by enabling them to operate their own business. On a much larger scale, countries can attract foreign capital to speed up its development, although this must be done with excessive care.

2) Trade globalization

Trade globalization enables developing countries to adopt an export-oriented economy, which proved highly successful, with wonderful examples by the rise of post-war Japan, South Korea, China, etc. With large working forces at lower wages, by focusing on manufacturing, countries can create jobs for their citizens, gain profit from selling things to rich countries, and building political friendship by trading. The fact that almost all countries strive to get into the WTO shows the importance of trade in a country’s economic development.

3) Information globalization

Information globalization helps poor countries develop faster. With today’s information technology, even the poorest nation can gain access to much of the expertise in leading countries, provided 1) internet is linked 2) literacy. This is really, really exciting! Computers ties the whole world together, and they effectively expedite the process of “learning” between countries, allowing “students” to rapidly grasp the knowledge their “teachers” spent hundreds of years to develop.

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In general:

When something is unavoidable, you just have to be ready for it. Globalization is such a thing. The recent fact is that the wealthy are doing a good job harnessing globalization for their use, while the poor are either ignorant or terrified of the issue. This is troublesome. If they do not catch up with the notion of globalization and be prepared, they will be thrown behind even further. They must do something. Frankly, I don’t know whether a “globalized” world will stop the gap from widening, but I know an “unevenly globalized” world will make the widening even faster.

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]]> http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/05/13/for-test-elitea-bbs/feed/ http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/04/26/%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e4%b8%8d%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e5%88%87%e5%ad%a6%e7%a7%91-jiacui/ http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/04/26/%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e4%b8%8d%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e5%88%87%e5%ad%a6%e7%a7%91-jiacui/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:57:15 +0000 jiacui http://jiacui.72pines.com/2008/04/26/%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e4%b8%8d%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e5%88%87%e5%ad%a6%e7%a7%91-jiacui/ 在咱们中国，科学的力量和范围似乎是无边无际的。科学什么都是，可以是“生产力”，可以是“发展观”，是正确与否的判断（“这是科学的，你那是不科学的”），是用来揭露虚假的工具（“不科学的就是伪科学”）。科学一旦成为一个生活中日常术语之后，人们再想说什么是科学就搞不清楚了，只缘身在此山中。

由于科学在近代所体现出的无与伦比的“实力”，很多人自然地把许多原本和科学无关的东西都带上“科学”的帽子。“科学与否”错误地成为了一切事物的最高判断标准，即使这些事物本身与科学毫无关系。也有不少人把“科学”二字与“规律”划上等号，或是与“真理”划上等号。实际上，科学是有很大的局限性的。

这篇文章想说的是，从范围上来看，科学不是一切学科。

这个问题很抽象，我们试着从专家们的称呼来看一看：

物理学家自称为科学家，似乎没有人会反对。去年来延安中学做客的06年诺贝尔物理学奖得主Glauber的自传中，第一句话便是：“是什么使得一个普通背景的孩子成为了一个专注的科学家？”可见，物理学是不折不扣的科学。

化学家被称为科学家，也是天经地义的。法国大革命时，革命法庭副长官考费那尔（J.B.Coffinhal）在宣布处死现代化学之父拉瓦锡时，说了一句臭名昭著的话：“共和国不需要科学家”。这句话在揭露了革命的血腥本性同时，也表明化学始终被认为是一门科学。

但并不是所有学科的专家都可以被叫做科学家。

拿经济学作例子。凯恩斯是“资本主义之母”，但是在google上输入“keynes＋scientist”，搜索到的前三篇文章居然都是“John Maynard Keynes: Scientist or Politician?”当然，经济学一般是被作为社会科学的，也是科学的一个门类。但是经济学显然不是很符合人们对于科学的定义，因为它没有那么科学，所以也就只能叫凯恩斯“经济学家”。很多人会脱口而出“大科学家牛顿”怎么样怎么样，但是要说“大科学家弗里德曼”，就总觉得有些别扭，尽管他的贡献并不小，而且也得过诺贝尔奖了。

可见，“是否是科学家”并不决定一个人的价值大小；一个学科“是否科学”也不能过多地用来判断它的价值。

心理学呢？输入“freud+scientist”，第一篇文章是“Sigmund Freud: scientist or storyteller?”，里面的第一句话是“Was Sigmund Freud a great medical scientist… or was he something different - a gifted artist?…”第二篇是“JSTOR: Was Freud a Medical Scientist or a Social Theorist?”生活中，我们确实也很少会把佛洛伊德称为科学家。不难看出，心理学的“科学地位”是受到质疑的，虽然心理学也被普遍地认为是一门科学。

如此等等……许多许多……

下面是Yahoo和wikipedia里面列出的科学种类列表，供参考。

(Yahoo)

(Wikipedia)

不能被称为科学的学科很多，不能叫做科学家的学问家也很多。雨果不是科学家，文学也不是科学。莎士比亚梅兰芳不是科学家，戏剧也不是科学。孟德斯鸠不是科学家，法学也不是科学。马基雅弗利不是科学家，而且即使你把政治叫做political science，政治学也不是科学……

There’s a lot to talk about science, but first things first. 首先，要明确科学的范围。科学的范围是有限的。

SCIENCE ISN’T EVERYTHING. 科学不是一切学科。

（Jiacui^®译自http://blog.fittoprintnews.com/）

Joey Chestnut创造了12分钟内吃下66个热狗的世界纪录。但是日前，她遭到了首次参加一年一度的“科尼岛吃热狗大赛“的希拉里·克林顿的威胁。

作为民主党总统候选人的希拉里·克林顿在比赛中一口气吞下了49个热狗！换句话说，为每位共和党参议员她都吃了一个。

尽管大多数热狗迷们都是在为世界纪录保持者Joey Chestnut加油，或者是为曾六次夺取冠军的大胃王小林尊在呐喊助威，希拉里还是有一个支持者的——那人打出一个标语：“如果你成了总统，那么我们每天都会去吃热狗”。

尽管冠亚军之争直到最后两分钟才变得明晰起来，希拉里一直就是明显的季军。实际上，如果不是她最后时刻突然爆发猛然一耸肩一跺脚吃下最后一个热狗的话，她可能还会落到第四名去。

她在比赛后发表感言：“自从我是个伊利诺伊的小女孩开始，我就大吃热狗，”这让下面的观众惊讶得一片鸦雀无声，随之而来的是互相的交头接耳。希拉里很快就发现了自己的失态，想起了自己的身份，赶紧补充：“当我来到纽约这个世界上最伟大的城市之后，我从未停止过大吃热狗。而且我将会在白宫继续大吃下去。”

I’m low in spirit, since I have no religious belief. I’m particularly low in love, since I chose "Single, and not seeking".

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