Western Economics

Author: Wu Qiong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book provides a concise yet systematic introduction to the basic concepts, categories, principles, and analytical methods of Western economics, constructing a comprehensive and refined knowledge structure of Western economics. At the same time, it strives to introduce the fundamental theories of open economy in Western economics in a succinct manner. The book is divided into sixteen chapters, among which chapters 1 to 9 cover microeconomics, chapters 10 to 15 cover the basic content of macroeconomics, and chapter 16 introduces macroeconomic issues in open economy. The main features of this book are:
First, the book focuses on introducing the basic concepts, fundamental principles, and core theoretical paradigms of Western economics, forming a structured, comprehensive, and concise knowledge system of Western economics. It incorporates the advantages of other Western economics textbooks in terms of system structure while avoiding excessive content complexity, better adapting to the teaching needs of continuing education students in Western economics. Second, during the introduction of Western economics theories, the book emphasizes textual explanations with minimal use of complex mathematical models, and when necessary, it adopts graphical methods to explain relatively complex theoretical knowledge. Third, each chapter includes a summary and review questions, reflecting the key content of each chapter and facilitating students in reviewing the knowledge they have learned.