Unit 1 Saving and Consumption 1
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 1
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 2
Text A Americans Save so Little,but What Can Be Done to Change That？ 2
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 12
Text B Leave It to the Markets！ 12
Unit 2 Home Ownership 15
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 15
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 16
Text A The End of Ownership：Why Aren't Young People Buying More Houses？ 16
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 27
Text B America's Emerging Housing Crisis 27
Unit 3 Entrepreneurship 30
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 30
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 31
Text A Magic Formula 31
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 43
Text B What Is“Entreprencurship”in the 21st Century？ 43
Unit 4 Automobile Industry and Its Bankruptcy 46
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 46
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 47
Text A The Lessons of the GM Bankruptcy 47
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 56
Text B The Wrong Lesson from Detroit's Bankruptcy 56
Unit 5 Investment in Higher Education 59
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 59
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 60
Text A Universities：Excellence vs Equity 60
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 72
Text B Is an Ivy League Diploma Worth It？ 72
Unit 6 Drop of Oil Prices 75
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 75
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 76
Text A Effects of the Oil Price Drop 76
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 88
Text B The Facts Behind Oil's Price Collapse 88
Unit 7 Trade Protectionism 91
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 91
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 92
Text A Protectionism—The Hidden Persuaders 92
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 103
Text B Protectionism Alert 103
Unit 8 Corporate Social Responsibility 106
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 106
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 107
Text A Just Good Business 107
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 118
Text B Corporate Social Responsibility at Apple 118
Unit 9 Youth Unemployment 121
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 121
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 122
Text A Generation Jobless 122
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 134
Text B Young,Educated and Jobless in France 134
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 139
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 140
Text A Falling Deficit Alters Debate 140
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 150
Text B After a“Fiscal Cliff”Deal,What Next？ 150
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 153
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 154
Text A Why E-Business Is Now Everyone's Business？ 154
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 164
Text B Internet Will Continue Its Disruptive Course 164
Part Ⅰ Preview Activities 167
Part Ⅱ Intensive Reading 168
Text A Lottery of Life 168
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Reading 177
Text B So Similar,So Different 177