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 47
Unit Six The Return of Depression Economics—Paul Krugman 61
Unit Seven Reforming Government in Industrial Countries—Vito Tanzi and Ludger Schuknecht 75
Unit Eight Winds of Change at BOJ—Osaka K？ichi 89
Unit Nine Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?—Staff of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department 103
Unit Ten Leaders Today—Arthur Andersen Business Consulting 119
Unit Eleven George Soros on Investing 133
Unit Twelve Statements to the Congress—Alan Greenspan 145
Unit Thirteen Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling:Women in Management—Linda Wirth 161
Unit Fourteen Can the U.S.Financial Giant Gain Ground?—Jeremy Kahn 176
Unit Fifteen New Trade Theory and Developing Countries—Asad Alam 190
Unit Sixteen Multinationals in a Competitive Environment:The Case of Philips Industries—J.J.Tuyt 202
Unit Seventeen Matsushita:The World's Greatest Entrepreneur?—Cindy Kano 217
Unit Eighteen Learning How to Open the Door—Lawrence C.Reardon 230
Unit Nineteen The Revolution in Composite Assets—Donald L.Luskin 246
Unit Twenty Why the Logic Fails—Roger Mann 260
Keys to Exercises 272