本教材是David Begg、Stanley Fischer和Rudiger Dornbusch教授所著的《Economics》(8th Edition)的缩编版。原本被BBC誉为“经济学圣经”,它简单明了地阐述了经济学的基本原理,广泛援引实例和数据来帮助学生分析理解重要理论,是为以经济学为基础课程的学生精心编写的入门教材。
本书内容包括:经济学与经济、经济学分析工具、市场与供求关系、供求弹性、消费者选择与需求决策、供给决策、成本与供给、完全竞争市场与完全垄断市场、市场结构与不完全竞争市场、劳动力市场、要素市场与收入分配、福利经济学、宏观经济学基础、总产出与总需求、财政政策与国际贸易、货币和银行、利率与货币传导机制、货币与财政政策、总供给与价格波动、通货膨胀及其预期、失业理论、汇率与国际收支平衡、经济增长、经济周期、宏观经济学争鸣等。
本书可作为高等院校经济管理等方向的经济学基础课程双语教学教材,也可供广大从事经济管理工作的人事阅读。

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Preface
Guided Tour
Technology to Enhance
Learning and Teaching
Part One Microeconomics
Chapter 1 ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMY
Chapter 2 TOOLS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Chapter 3 DEMAND,SUPPLY AND THE MARKET
Chapter 4 ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Chapter 5 CONSUMER CHOICE AND EDMAND DECISIONS
Chapter 6 INTRODUCING SUPPLY DECISIONS
Chapter 7 COSTS AND SUPPLY
Chapter 8 PERFECT COMPETITION AND PURE MONOPOLY
Chapter 9 MARKET STRUCTURE AND IMPERFECT COMPETION
Chapter 10 THE LABOUR MARKET
Chapter 11 FACTOR MARKETS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Chapter 12 WELFARE ECONOMICS
Part Two Macroeonomics
Chapter 13 INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
Chapter 14 OUTPUT AND AGGREGATE DEMAND
Chapter 15 FISCAL POLICY AND FOREIGN TRADE
Chapter 16 MONEY AND BANKING
Chapter 17 INTEREST RATES AND MONETARY TRANSMISSION
Chapter 18 MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
Chapter 19 AGGREGATE SUPPLY,PRICES AND ADJUSTMENT TO SHOCKS
Chapter 20 INFLATION,EXPECTATIONS AND CREDIBILITY
Chapter 21 UNEMPLOYMENT
Chapter 22 EXCHANGE RATES AND THE BALNCE OF PAYMENTS
Chapter 23 ECONOMIC GROWTH
Chapter 24 BUSINESS CYCLES
Chapter 25 MACROECONOMICS:TAKING STOCK
APPENDIX:ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS
GLOSSARY
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