美国经济学家克鲁格曼获得2008年诺贝尔经济学奖.pptVIP

Introduction to Economics Chen yanru Introduction to the course Syllabus Teacher textbook teacher Chen Yanru (Amy) ICB office business teaching departmentTextbooks:Essentials of Economics Author: Paul Krugman Professor of Economics at Princeton University Received BA from Yale and his PHD from MIT. His research is mainly in the area of international trade, where he is one of the founders of the new trade theory, which focuses on increasing returns and imperfect competition, He also works in international finance, with a concentration in currency crises. Write writes extensively for nontechnical audiences. His latest trade book is best selling collection of his Times articles entitled the Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the new Century. 美国经济学家克鲁格曼获得2008年诺贝尔经济学奖 ?新华网斯德哥尔摩１０月１３日电? 瑞典皇家科学院１３日宣布，将２００８年诺贝尔经济学奖授予美国普林斯顿大学经济学家保罗·克鲁格曼，以表彰他在分析国际贸易模式和经济活动的地域等方面所作的贡献。 瑞典皇家科学院发表声明说，克鲁格曼整合了此前经济学界在国际贸易和地理经济学方面的研究，在自由贸易、全球化以及推动世界范围内城市化进程的动因方面形成了一套理论。 Contents of the book Part 1 what is economics Part 2 supply and demand Part 3 The producer Part 4 markets and efficiency Part 5 Market structure: beyond perfect competition Part 6 Extending market boundaries Part 7 Introduction to Macro-economics Part 8 Short-Run economic Fluctuations The Ordinary Business of Life Important questions: How does our economic system work? How does it manage to deliver the goods? When and why does our economic system go astray, leading people into counterproductive behavior? Why are there are ups and downs in the economy? That is, why does the economy sometimes have a bad year? Finally, why is the long run mainly a story of ups and downs? Basic concepts Economy and economics: Economy: is a system for coordinating society’s productive activities Economics: the study of economies, at the level both of individuals and of society as a whole Microeconomics: Individual decision, individual customer and suppliers Macroeconomics: overall up and downs of the economy: country, industry