课程大纲

    本课程是经济学与管理学专业大学本科的必修基础课程，作为一门入门课程，主要强调经济学原理的应用和政策分析，而不是正式的经济学模型。内容主要通过比较生动的案例，说明经济学原理如何应用于现实经济问题的分析，以使学生懂得什么是生活中的经济学。

    该课程的微观部分包括七篇，包括第1篇 导言，第2篇 市场如何运行，第3篇 市场和福利，第4篇 公共部门经济学，第5篇 企业行为与产业组织，第6篇 劳动市场经济学，第7篇 深入研究的论题。宏观部分包括第8篇宏观经济的数据，第9篇长期中的真实经济，第10篇长期中的货币与物价，第11篇开放经济的宏观经济学，第12篇短期经济波动，第13篇最后的思考。

    The course is compulsory, fundamental and basic course of undergraduates in economics and management majors. As an introductory course, it stresses on the applications and policy analyses of principles of economics instead of formal models of economics. The content of the course is mainly through relatively vivid cases to illustrate how to apply the basic principles of economics to practical economic problems which makes students understand economics in life. 

    The course is classified into (1) Microeconomics, which includes 7 parts: Introduction; How markets work; Markets and welfare; The economics of the public sector; Firm behavior and the organization of industry; The economics of labor market and Topics for further study; (2) Macroeconomics, which includes: The data of macroeconomics; The real economy in the long run; Money and prices in the long run; The macroeconomics of open economies; Short-run economic fluctuations and Final thoughts.

    This course covers fundamental tools and applications of concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics, esp. 10 basic principles of economics. The section on microeconomics focuses on markets as a mechanism for allocating scarce resources. Using tools of welfare economics, it addresses market efficiency, outcomes from market failures and firms with market influence. The section on macroeconomics provides a mix of classical and Keynesian ideas, addressing the forces that shape the economy in both the short run and the long run. Topics include the theory of economic growth, the role of financial markets, fiscal and monetary policies and the international economy.