全书共有课文20篇,主要选自美、英等国*近十多年来出版的经济学专著和刊物原文素材,涉及一般经济学理论、国际金融、国际贸易、国际投资、企业管理、中国经济改革、中外经济关系等经贸领域。

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