内容简介：
Selected Contents: 1. The Basic Market Mechanism2. Firms and the Markets They Operate In3. The Factors of Production4. The Role of Government5. Measuring Economic Activity: The Key to Understanding6. Macroeconomics7. Monetary Policy and Its Prerequisites8. Foreign Exchange Rates and Exchange Rate Crises9. Transition in the Context of the International Financial System10. The Consequences for Open-Economy Macroeconomics11. Benevolent and Malevolent Markets12. Japan: The First Demographic Transition13. Conclusion