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1、BASICECONOMICSACitizen'sGuidetotheEconomyREVISEDANDEXPANDEDEDITIONTHOMASSOWELLBasicBooksAMemberofthePerseusBooksGroupNewYorkCopyright@2004byThomasSowellPublishedbyBasicBooks,AMemberofthePerseusBooksGroupAllrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymanner

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4、.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-465-08145-2(talk.paper)1.Economics.I.Title.HB171.S7132003O-dc212003013778040506/10987654321Afewlinesofreasoningcanchangethewayweseetheworld.StevenE.LansburgCONTENTSPreface1WhatisEconomics?PARTI:PRICESANDMARKETS2TheRoleofPrices3PriceControls4AnOverv

5、iewPARTII:INDUSTRYANDCOMMERCE5TheRiseandFallofBusinesses6TheRoleofProfits-andLosses7BigBusinessandGovernment8AnOverviewPARTIII:WORKANDPAY9ProductivityandPay10ControlledLaborMarkets11AnOverviewPARTIV:TIMEANDRISK12InvestmentandSpeculation13RisksandInsurance14AnOverviewPARTV:THENATIONALECONOMY15Nati

6、onalOutput16MoneyandtheBankingSystem17TheRoleofGovernment18AnOverviewPARTVI:THEINTERNATIONALECONOMY19InternationalTrade20InternationalTransfersofWealth21AnOverviewPARTVII:SPECIALECONOMICISSUES22"Non-Economic"Values23MythsAboutMarkets24PartingThoughtsQuestionsSourcesPREFACEThisistherevisedandenlar

7、gededitionofanintroductiontoeconomicsforthegeneralpublic.Inadditiontobeingupdated,BasicEconomicshasalsobecomemoreinternationalizedbyincludinginformationfrommorecountriesaroundtheworld,becausethebasicprinciplesofeconomi