Part One International Economics
Unit One Basic Economic Concepts
Lesson 1 What is Economics About?
Lesson 2 Economics as a Language
Lesson 3 Consumer Choice and the Law of DEmand
Lesson 4 Markets Lesson 5 Shifts in Demand Unit Two: Money and Banking
Lesson 6 Creation of Money
Lesson 7 The Function of Money and the Existence of Inflation
Lesson 8 Greshams Law and the Attributes of a
Lesson 9 Currency
A Central Bank Control the Quantity of Money
Lesson 10 The Functions of the Bank of England
Unit Three. International Finance
Lesson 11 The “Purchasing Power Parity” Theory of
Foreign Exchange
Lesson 12 The Organization andFunctions of the
Stock Exchange
Lesson 13 Demand and Cost Inflation
Lesson 14 Black Markets for Foreign Exchange
Lesson 15 Exchange Rates and External“Imbalances”
Unit Four:InternationaI Trado
Lesson 16 The Basis for Trade
Lesson 17 Trade Tips and Comparative Advantage
Lesson 18 Why Is There Trade Between Nations?
Lesson 19 Quotas and Tariffs
Lesson 20 The Measures Available to the Governmentto Limit Imports
Part Two:Selected Readings
1.Tobacco Industry:The Last Drag?
2.Luxury Hotels:Playing Monopoly
3.Foreign Exchange:Unsettling
4.Flat Screens: Crystal Diplomacy
5.Turkish Banks:Sweating
6.European Insurance:Unleashed
7.Indonesian Banking:Golden Key Hole
8.East German Privatisation : Fast and Loose
9.Spanish Banks:Botiu’s Bid
10.Indian Privatisation:Disconnected
11.On Wall Street:This TOO Shall Pass
12.Chickens and Eggs
13.Market Manias and Murphy’S Law
14.CFA,franc Zone:0ut of Afriea
15.Can Clinton Bounce Back?
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