美国经济-u-economy.pptVIP

Statistics ● biggest industrial country in the world ● economic and technological giant ● the American people enjoy a better standard of living than most other nations Adam Smith (1723?–1790) ●a Scottish moral philosopher a pioneer of political economy● the author of Wealth of Nations (his masterpiece and the first modern work of economics)●widely cited as the father of modern economics The Wealth of Nations 《国富论》一书是斯密最具影响力的著作，这本书对于经济学领域的创立有极大贡献，使经济学成为一门独立的学科。《国富论》一书的重点之一便是自由市场，自由市场表面看似混乱而毫无拘束，实际上却是由一双被称为“看不见的手”（invisible hand 无形之手）所指引，将会引导市场生产出正确的产品数量和种类。……斯密认为人的动机都是自私而贪婪的，自由市场的竞争将能利