《用英语学经贸》分三部分用英文介绍了经济学与市场经济基本理论知识,美国经济的概论、历史及发展等,以及WTO规则等内容。各单元课文后都设计有注释、词汇和练习,以便学生更好地阅读和理解文章内容。《用英语学经贸》将市场经济知识与英语学习二者有机结合,相互兼容,并且自成体系,不仅适用于大学生群体,也适于公务人员、企业职工等一切有意丰富个人知识结构、拓宽自己知识面、增强自身对涉外市场经济和英语的各项工作的适应能力的人群。
Part I Economics(经济篇)
Unit I Ten Principles of Economics 2
1 About How people Make Decisions 2
2 About How the Economy Works as A Whole 3
3 About How People Interact 4
Unit II Macroeconomics 10
Section 1 11
1 Economic Growth 11
1.1 Short-term stabilization and long-term growth 11
1.2 Theories on economic growth 11
1.3 Positive effects of economic growth 13
1.4 Negative effects of economic growth 14
Section 2 21
2 The Business Cycle 21
2.1 History 21
2.2 Identifying 23
2.3 Explaining 24
2.4 Mitigating 26
Section 3 35
3 Macroeconomic Policies 35
3.1 Fiscal policy 35
3.2 monetary policy 37
Unit III Microeconomics 48
Section 1(1~6) 48
1 Overview 48
2 Production and Markets 48
3 Specialization and Comparative Advantages 51
4 Supply and Demand 52
5 Elasticity and Its Applications 54
5.1 Specific elasticities 55
5.2 Applications 56
6 Game Theory 57
6.1 introduction 57
6.2 Types of games 57
6.3 Application to economics and business 59
Section 2(7~12) 68
7 Market Failure 68
8 Firms and Their Modes of Operation 69
9 Opportunity Cost 71
10 Labor Economics 71
10.1 Notions 71
10.2 Demand 72
10.3 Supply 72
10.4 Equilibrium 73
11 Consumer Choice 73
12 Applied Microeconomics 74
Unit IV International Economics 81
1 International Trade 81
2 International Finance 81
2.1 Scope and methodology 81
2.2 Exchange rates and capital mobility 82
2.3 Policies and Institutions 83
2.4 International financial stability 83
3 Migration 84
4 Globalisation 85
Part II The US Marker Economy(美国篇)
Unit V The Way the U.S. Market Economy Operates 92
1 A Pure Capitalist Economy? 92
2 Basic Ingredients of the U.S. Economy 93
3 A Mixed Economy: The Role of the Market 94
4 Government’s Role in the Economy 96
5 Poverty and Inequality 98
6 The Growth of Government 99
Unit VI A Brief History of the U.S. Market Economy107
1 The Early Years of the United States 107
2 Colonization 108
3 The New Nation’s Economy 109
4 Movement South and Westward 110
5 Industrial Growth 110
6 Inventions, Development, and Tycoons 111
7 Government Involvement 112
8 The Postwar Economy: 1945~1960 114
9 Years of Change: The 1960s and 1970s 115
10 The Economy in the 1980s 116
11 The 1990s and Beyond 118
12 Global Economic Integration 119
Unit VII Businesses in the U.S. Market Economy 128
1 The history of business development 128
2 Small business 129
2.1 The sole proprietor 130
2.2 The Business partnership 130
2.3 Franchising and chain stores 131
3 Corporations 131
3.1 Ownership of corporations 132
3.2 How corporations raise capital 133
3.3 Monopolies, mergers, and restructuring 134
Unit VIII Capital Markets Of The United States144
1 Introduction to Capital Markets 144
2 The Stock Exchanges 145
3 A Nation of Investors 146
4 How Stock Prices are Determined 147
5 Market Strategies 147
6 Commodities and Other Futures 149
7 The Regulators 149
8 “Black Monday” and the Long Bull Market 150
Part III The World Trade Organization(世贸篇)
Unit IX Basics of the World Trade Organization160
1 What is the World Trade Organization? 160
1.1 Three main purposes 160
1.2 A few years old, but not so young 160
2 Principles of the Trading System 162
2.1 Trade without discrimination 162
2.2 Freer trade gradually, through negotiation 163
2.3 Predictability through binding 163
2.4 Promoting fair competition 164
2.5 Encouraging development and economic reform 164
3 The Case for Open Trade 167
4 Roots from Havana to Marrakesh 171
4.1 GATT ‘provisional’ for almost half a century 171
4.2 The Tokyo Round a first try to reform the system 172
4.3 Did GATT succeed? 172
4.4 Trade Rounds progress by package 173
5 The Uruguay Round 178
6 The WTO and GATT—are they the same? 183
Unit X The Dispute Settlement Mechanism 186
1 Overview 186
1.1 “The WTO’s most individual contribution” 186
1.2 Principles equitable, fast, effective, mutually acceptable 186
1.3 How long to settle a dispute? 187
1.4 How are disputes settled? 187
1.5 Appeals 188
1.6 The case has been decided what next? 188
2 The Panel Process Flow Chart 189
3 Case Study: the Timetable in Practice191
Unit XI The Anti-Dumping Agreement 195
1 Introduction 195
1.1 Dumping in the GATT/WTO 195
1.2 The UR Agreement 196
2 Determination of Dumping 199
2.1 Determination of normal value 199
2.2 Determination of export price 201
2.3 Fair comparison of normal value and export price 201
2.4 Calculation of dumping margins and duty assessment 202
3 Determination of Injury and Casual Link 205
3.1 Like product 205
3.2 Domestic industry 205
3.3 Injury 206
3.4 Elements of analysis 206
4 Procedural Requirements 209
4.1 Investigation 209
4.2 Provisional measures and price undertakings 210
4.3 Collection of duties 211
4.4 Review and public notice 211
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