正版新书]经济学原理 宏观部分 (第6版)(清华经济学系列英文版

第八篇 宏观经济学的数据
第23章 一国收入的衡量
第24章 生活费用的衡量
第九篇 长期中的实际经济
第25章 生产与增长
第26章 储蓄、投资和金融体系
第十篇 长期中的货币与物价
第29章 货币制度
第30章 货币增长与通货膨胀
第十二篇 短期经济波动
第33章 总需求与总供给
第34章 货币和财政政策对总需求的影响
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　　N.GregoryMankiwisprofessorofeconomicsat
　　HarvardUniversity.Asastudent,hestudiedeconomics
　　atPrincetonUniversityandMIT.Asateacher,
　　hehastaughtmacroeconomics,microeconomics,
　　statistics,andprinciplesofeconomics.Heeven
　　spentonesummerlongagoasasailinginstructor
　　onLongBeachIsland.
　　ProfessorMankiwisaprolificwriterandaregular
　　participantinacademicandpolicydebates.His
　　workhasbeenpublishedinscholarlyjournals,such
　　astheAmericanEconomicReview,JournalofPolitical
　　Economy,andQuarterlyJournalofEconomics,andin
　　morepopularforums,suchasTheNewYorkTimes
　　andTheWallStreetJournal.Heisalsoauthorof
　　thebest-sellingintermediate-leveltextbookMacroeconomics(WorthPublishers).
　　Inadditiontohisteaching,research,andwriting,ProfessorMankiwhasbeena
　　researchassociateoftheNationalBureauofEconomicResearch,anadvisertothe
　　CongressionalBudgetOfficeandtheFederalReserveBanksofBostonandNew
　　York,andamemberoftheETStestdevelopmentcommitteefortheAdvanced
　　Placementexamineconomics.From2003to2005,heservedaschairmanofthe
　　President’sCouncilofEconomicAdvisers.
　　ProfessorMankiwlivesinWellesley,Massachusetts,withhiswife,Deborah,
　　threechildren,Catherine,Nicholas,andPeter,andtheirborderterrier,Tobin.
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　　tothestudentpreface
　　Economicsisastudyofmankindintheordinarybusinessoflife.”So
　　wroteAlfredMarshall,thegreat19th-centuryeconomist,inhistextbook,
　　PrinciplesofEconomics.Althoughwehavelearnedmuchabouttheeconomy
　　sinceMarshall’stime,thisdefinitionofeconomicsisastruetodayasit
　　wasin1890,whenthefirsteditionofhistextwaspublished.
　　Whyshouldyou,asastudentatthebeginningofthe21stcentury,embarkon
　　thestudyofeconomics?Therearethreereasons.
　　Thefirstreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillhelpyouunderstandthe
　　worldinwhichyoulive.Therearemanyquestionsabouttheeconomythatmight
　　sparkyourcuriosity.WhyareapartmentssohardtofindinNewYorkCity?Why
　　doairlineschargelessforaround-tripticketifthetravelerstaysoveraSaturday
　　night?WhyisJohnnyDepppaidsomuchtostarinmovies?Whyarelivingstandards
　　someagerinmanyAfricancountries?Whydosomecountrieshavehigh
　　ratesofinflationwhileothershavestableprices?Whyarejobseasytofindin
　　someyearsandhardtofindinothers?Thesearejustafewofthequestionsthata
　　courseineconomicswillhelpyouanswer.
　　Thesecondreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillmakeyouamoreastute
　　participantintheeconomy.Asyougoaboutyourlife,youmakemanyeconomic
　　decisions.Whileyouareastudent,youdecidehowmanyyearstostayinschool.
　　Onceyoutakeajob,youdecidehowmuchofyourincometospend,howmuch
　　tosave,andhowtoinvestyoursavings.Somedayyoumayfindyourselfrunning
　　asmallbusinessoralargecorporation,andyouwilldecidewhatpricestocharge
　　foryourproducts.Theinsightsdevelopedinthecomingchapterswillgiveyou
　　anewperspectiveonhowbesttomakethesedecisions.Studyingeconomicswill
　　notbyitselfmakeyourich,butitwillgiveyousometoolsthatmayhelpinthat
　　endeavor.
　　Thethirdreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillgiveyouabetterunderstanding
　　ofboththepotentialandthelimitsofeconomicpolicy.Economicquestions
　　arealwaysonthemindsofpolicymakersinmayors’offices,governors’mansions,
　　andtheWhiteHouse.Whataretheburdensassociatedwithalternativeformsof
　　taxation?Whataretheeffectsoffreetradewithothercountries?Whatisthebest
　　waytoprotecttheenvironment?Howdoesagovernmentbudgetdeficitaffect
　　theeconomy?Asavoter,youhelpchoosethepoliciesthatguidetheallocationof
　　society’sresources.Anunderstandingofeconomicswillhelpyoucarryoutthat
　　responsibility.Andwhoknows:Perhapssomedayyouwillendupasoneofthose
　　policymakersyourself.
　　Thus,theprinciplesofeconomicscanbeappliedinmanyoflife’ssituations.
　　Whetherthefuturefindsyoureadingthenewspaper,runningabusiness,orsitting
　　intheOvalOffice,youwillbegladthatyoustudiedeconomics.
　　N.GregoryMankiw

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