Unit One Knowledge and Economic Growth 1
Unit Two China s Haier Power—Antony Paul 12
Unit Three How Bill Gates Invests His Money—Andy Serwer 22
Unit Four United We Stand?—S.Eric Wang 33
Unit Five Asia s Economic Crisis and Changing Competitiveness in the World Market—Choi,Bong-Hyun 46
Unit Six The Return of Depression Economics—Paul Krugman 59
Unit Seven Reforming Government in Industrial Countries—Vito Tanzi and Ludger Schuknecht 73
Unit Eight Winds of Change at BOJ—Osaka Kōichi 87
Unit Nine Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?—Staff of the IMF s Fiscal Affairs Department 101
Unit Ten Leaders Today—Arthur Andersen Business Consulting 116
Unit Eleven George Soros on Investing 129
Unit Twelve Statements to the Congress—Alan Greenspan 141
Unit Thirteen Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling:Women in Management—Linda Wirth 157
Unit Fourteen Can the U.S.Financial Giant Gain Ground?—Jeremy Kahn 171
Unit Fifteen New Trade Theory and Developing Countries—Asad Alam 185
Unit Sixteen Multinationals in a Competitive Environment:Tje Case of Philips Industries—J.J.Tuyt 197
Unit Seventeen Matsushita:The World s Greatest Entrepreneur?—Cindy kano 212
Unit Eighteen Learning How to Open the Door—Lawrence C.Reardon 225
Unit Nineteen The Revolution in Composite Assets—Donald L.luskin 240
Unit Twenty Why the Logic Fails—Roger Mann 254