Chapter 1 What Is Economics
Passage 1 What Is Economics
Passage 2 Macroeconomics
Supplementary Reading Economic Concepts in Daily Life
Case Study A World without Jobs?
Chapter 2 Economic Growth
Passage 1 Economic Growth
Passage 2 The Measurements of Economic Growth
Supplementary Reading Economic Forces
Case Study Japan’s Economic Performance between 1960—1996
Chapter 3 The Economic Roles of Government
Passage 1 The Economic Roles of Government
Passage 2 Government Policies
Supplementary Reading A Brief History of Economic Thought
Case Study China’s Macroeconomic Policy in Recent Years
Chapter 4 Money
Passage 1 What Is Money?
Passage 2 Money and Its System
Supplementary Reading Finance: A Company’s Lifeblood
Case Study E-cach and Equality
Chapter 5 Investment
Passage 1 What Determines Investment
Passage 2 Debts or Securities
Supplementary Reading Stock Exchange in America
Case Study Company Profile and Investment Highlights
Chapter 6 Accounting
Passage 1 Introduction to Accounting
Passage 2 The Balance Sheet
Supplementary Reading Generally Accepted Accouting Principles and Organizations Concerned with GAAP
Case Study Effects of Business Transactions upon the Balance Sheet
Chapter 7 International Trade
Passage 1 International Trade
Passage 2 Basic Theories of International Trade
Supplementary Reading Ways of Doing Business Internationally
Case Study The Foreign Trade of the UK
Chapter 8 World Trade Organizations
Passage 1 Basics of GATT
Passage 2 The Basics of the World Trade Organization
Supplementary Reading The Uruguay Round
Case Study China’s Bid to Join the World Trade Organization
Chapter 9 Trade Barriers
Passage 1 International Trade System
Passage 2 Barriers to World Trade
Supplementary Reading Multinational Corporations
Case Study The Theory Behind the Antidumping
Chapter 10 Foreign Exchange
Passage 1 Foreign Exchange Trading
Passage 2 Foreign-rate Systems
Supplementary Reading The Foreign Exchange Market
Case Study The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
Chapter 11 International Payment
Passage 1 The Balance of Payments
Passage 2 The System of Bretton Woods
Supplementary Reading Balance of Payments Adjustments
Case Study Mexico’s 1994 Balance of Payments Crisis