Chapter 1  What Is Economics
 Passage 1  What Is Economics
 Passage 2  Macroeconomics
 Supplementary Reading  Economic Concepts in Daily Life
 Case Study  A World without Jobs?
Chapter 2  Economic Growth
                              Passage 1  Economic Growth
 Passage 2  The Measurements of Economic Growth
 Supplementary Reading  Economic Forces
 Case Study  Japan’s Economic Performance between 1960—1996
Chapter 3  The Economic Roles of Government
 Passage 1  The Economic Roles of Government
 Passage 2  Government Policies
 Supplementary Reading  A Brief History of Economic Thought
 Case Study China’s Macroeconomic Policy in Recent Years
Chapter 4  Money
 Passage 1  What Is Money?
 Passage 2  Money and Its System
 Supplementary Reading  Finance: A Company’s Lifeblood
 Case Study  E-cach and Equality
Chapter 5  Investment
 Passage 1  What Determines Investment
 Passage 2  Debts or Securities
 Supplementary Reading  Stock Exchange in America
 Case Study  Company Profile and Investment Highlights
Chapter 6  Accounting
 Passage 1  Introduction to Accounting
 Passage 2  The Balance Sheet
 Supplementary Reading  Generally Accepted Accouting Principles and
                                             Organizations Concerned with GAAP
 Case Study  Effects of Business Transactions upon the Balance Sheet
Chapter 7  International Trade
 Passage 1  International Trade
 Passage 2  Basic Theories of International Trade
 Supplementary Reading  Ways of Doing Business Internationally
 Case Study  The Foreign Trade of the UK
Chapter 8  World Trade Organizations
 Passage 1  Basics of GATT
 Passage 2  The Basics of the World Trade Organization
 Supplementary Reading  The Uruguay Round
 Case Study  China’s Bid to Join the World Trade Organization
Chapter 9  Trade Barriers
 Passage 1  International Trade System
 Passage 2  Barriers to World Trade
 Supplementary Reading  Multinational Corporations
 Case Study  The Theory Behind the Antidumping
Chapter 10  Foreign Exchange
 Passage 1  Foreign Exchange Trading
 Passage 2  Foreign-rate Systems
 Supplementary Reading  The Foreign Exchange Market
 Case Study  The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
Chapter 11  International Payment
 Passage 1  The Balance of Payments
 Passage 2  The System of Bretton Woods
 Supplementary Reading  Balance of Payments Adjustments
 Case Study  Mexico’s 1994 Balance of Payments Crisis