Unit One 1
Text:Income and Work 2
Additional Text:Income Distribution and Poverty 8
Unit Two 13
Text:Population 13
Additional Text:The Consequences of High Fertility:Some Conflicting Opinions 20
Unit Three 28
Text:Human Resources Management 29
Additional Text:Tne Extensive Brain Drain 37
Unit Four 43
Text:Environmental Protection 44
Additional Text:Methods of Pollution Control 52
Unit Five 58
Text:Investments 59
Additional Text:The Major Types of Investors 69
Unit Six 77
Text:Insurance 78
Additional Text:Types of Insurance Businesses Need 87
Unit Seven 93
Text:Marketing 94
Additional Text:Marketing Strategies 102
Unit Eight 108
Text:International Trade 109
Additional Text:National Competitive Advantage and Diamond Model 121
Unit Nine 128
Text:WTO 129
Additional Text:GATT and Multilateral Trade Negotiations 140
Unit Ten 147
Text:Nontariff Barriers 148
Additional Text:Dumping and Antidumping 158
Unit Eleven 164
Text:Multinational Corporations 165
Additional Text:Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Enterprises 177
Unit Twelve 185
Text:Foreign Aid 186
Additional Text:The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund 196
Unit Thirteen 206
Text:Economic Globalization 207
Additional Text:Regional Economic Integration 214
Unit Fourteen 224
Text:The European Union 225
Additional Text:The Broad Economic Guidelines of the EU 233
Appendix Ⅰ Answers to Exercises 238
Appendix Ⅱ Chinese Translation of the Texts 265