Unit One 1
Text:Income and Work 2
Additional Text:Income Distribution and Poverty 8
Unit Two 12
Text:Population 13
Additional Text:Achievements and Developments in Population and Family Planning in China 20
Unit Three 24
Text:Human Resources Management 25
Additional Text:The Extensive Brain Drain 33
Unit Four 40
Text:Environmental Protection 41
Additional Text:Methods of Pollution Control 49
Unit Five 55
Text:Investments 56
Additional Text:The Major Types of Investors 66
Unit Six 74
Text:Insurance 75
Additional Text:Types of Insurance Businesses Need 84
Unit Seven 91
Text:Marketing 92
Additional Text:The Year 2000:Looking Back 100
Unit Eight 105
Text:International Trade 106
Additional Text:World Economy at a Crossroad 118
Unit Nine 125
Text:WTO 126
Additional Text:GATT and Multilateral Trade Negotiations 137
Unit Ten 144
Text:Nontariff Barriers 145
Additional Text:Dumping and Antidumping 155
Unit Eleven 162
Text:Multinational Corporations 163
Additional Text:The Stateless Corporation 175
Unit Twelve 180
Text:Foreign Aid 181
Additional Text:The World Bank Group and The international Monetary Fund 192
Unit Thirteen 202
Text:Economic Globalization 203
Additional Text:Multinational Market Groups 211
Unit Fourteen 217
Text:The European Union 218
Additional Text:The Broad Economic Guidelines of the EU 226
Appendix Ⅰ Answers to Exercises 231
Appendix Ⅱ Chinese Translation of the Texts 258