西方经济学英语教程PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

Text 1

The Goals of Macroeconomics 1

Word Study 9

Exercises 11

Reading Practice:An Economic Role For Government 17

Unit Two 24

Text 24

Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand in Macroeconomics 24

Aggregate Supply 24

Aggregate Demand 27

Shifts in Aggregate Demand 29

Word Study 32

Exercises 34

Reading Practice:The Classical and Keynesian Models 42

Unit Three 49

Text 49

Money and Banking 49

Money 49

Banks 51

Interest Rate 52

The Federal Budget Deficit 54

Word Study 59

Exercises 62

Reading Practice:Key Financial Markets 68

The Burden of Government Borrowing 74

The Problem of the Twin Deficits 74

Unit Four 74

Text 74

The Trade Deficit 77

Word Study 82

Exercises 84

Reading Practice:The Debt Monster:Reality and Myths 91

Unit Five 98

Text 98

Costs and Benefits of Inflation 98

Shoe-leather Costs 98

Tax Distortions 99

Inflation Variability 100

Money Illusion 100

Seignorage 101

The Option of Negative Real Interest Rates 102

Money Illusion Revisited 103

Word Study 106

Exercises 108

Reading Practice:How Do Hyperinflations End? 115

Unit Six 122

Text 122

Unemployment 122

The Rate of Job Loss 123

Rate of Job Finding 125

Unemployment during the Recession of the Early 1990s 127

Word Study 131

Exercises 132

Reading Practice:Forms of Unemployment and Its Side Effects 138

Unit Seven 145

Text 145

Insurance 145

Word Study 153

Exercises 155

Reading Practice:Risk Financing Techniques for the Multinational Corporation 162

Industry Arguments for Protection 168

Protection 168

Text 168

Unit Eight 168

Protectionism,1980s Style 171

Word Study 177

Exercises 179

Reading Practice:International Trade 186

Unit Nine 192

Text 192

Characteristics of a Good Tax System 192

Word Study 200

Exercises 202

Reading Practice:Tax Revenues 208

Increases in the Accumulation of Capital Goods 215

The Sources of Productivity Growth 215

Text 215

Unit Ten 215

Higher Quality of the Labor Force 217

Reallocating Resources 218

Technological Change 219

Word Study 224

Exercises 226

Reading Practice:The Determinants of Technological Progress 232

Unit Eleven 240

Text 240

Information Gathering and Price Dispersion 240

Information Problems Word Study 248

Exercises 250

Reading Practice:Advertising 257

Unit Twelve 264

Text 264

The Nature of Fluctuations in Economic Activity 264

The Traditional Business—Cycle View 264

The Real Business—Cycle View 266

Monetarist and New Classical Views 267

New Keynesian Views 268

Word Study 273

Exercises 275

Reading Practice:Keynesians Versus Monetarists 282

Appendix Ⅰ 模拟试题二份 287

Appendix Ⅱ 词汇表 336

Appendix Ⅲ 参考书目 357