World Economy · National Economy

Author: Huang Meibo
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The Economics of Countries is a specialized course in the field of world economy. This book primarily introduces the U.S. economy (U.S. economic cycle, U.S. foreign trade issues, U.S. fiscal and monetary policies, the international monetary status of the U.S. dollar and U.S. dollar hegemony), as well as the economic development models, fiscal and monetary policies of the EU, Germany, Japan, and emerging industrial countries in Asia.
Preface to the Book
Introduction
U.S. Chapter
Chapter 1 Research on the U.S. Economic Cycle / 3
Section 1 Overview of Economic Cycle Theory / 3
Section 2 Historical Review of the U.S. Economic Cycle / 8
Section 3 Research on the U.S. Economic Cycle Since the 1990s / 15
Chapter 2 U.S. Venture Capital and the Development of High-Tech Industries / 25
Section 1 The Development and Current Status of U.S. Venture Capital / 25
Section 2 The Role of Venture Capital / 28
Section 3 The Operations of Venture Capital / 35
Chapter 3 U.S. Economy and Globalization of International Trade / 44
Section 1 U.S. Efforts to Promote Globalization of International Trade / 44
Section 2 U.S. Economic Dominance in Establishing New Rules for International Trade / 52
Section 3 Globalization of the World Economy Driving Continuous Development of U.S. Foreign Trade / 62
Chapter 4 U.S. Foreign Direct Investment / 69
Section 1 U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Before World War I / 69
Section 2 U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Between the Two World Wars / 70
Section 3 U.S. Foreign Direct Investment from Post-WWII to the Late 1980s / 72
Section 4 U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the 1990s / 74
Section 5 The Impact of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment on the U.S. Economy and the World Economy / 82
Chapter 5 Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. / 89
Section 1 Development and Characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. Before the 1980s / 89
Section 2 The Unprecedented Development and Characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. Since the 1980s / 95
Section 3 The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. on the U.S. Economy / 100
Section 4 U.S. Policies on Foreign Direct Investment / 107
Chapter 6 U.S. Fiscal System and Fiscal Policy / 111
Section 1 The U.S. Fiscal System / 111
Section 2 U.S. Fiscal Policy from the 1930s to the 1980s / 118
Section 3 The Practice of New Keynesian Economic Policies by the Clinton Administration / 122
Section 4 The Fiscal Policy of the Current Bush Administration / 123