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ction exceeds the marginal :“邊際量”是指某個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)變量在一定的影響因素下發(fā)生的變動(dòng)量。例如,人在饑餓時(shí)吃一個(gè)包子的邊際量(此時(shí)又叫邊際效用)比在溫飽時(shí)吃一個(gè)包子的邊際量要大。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理四:人們會(huì)對(duì)激勵(lì)作出反應(yīng)。當(dāng)成本或收益變動(dòng)時(shí),人們的行為也會(huì)發(fā)生變動(dòng)。People Respond to changes when costs or benefits :比如一個(gè)學(xué)生,如果老師在課堂上表揚(yáng)了他,他會(huì)感到很高興,然后會(huì)更加努力,也可能因受表揚(yáng)而驕傲退步。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理五 :交易能使每個(gè)人狀況更好。交易使每個(gè)人專攻于他或她最擅長的領(lǐng)域。通過和他人的交易,人們可以購買更多樣的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。Trade Can Make Everyone Better allows each person to specialize in the activities he or she does trading with others, people can buy a greater variety of goods or :A國技術(shù)較為發(fā)達(dá),B國勞動(dòng)力比較廉價(jià),兩國之間可以通過貿(mào)易來實(shí)現(xiàn)共贏,當(dāng)然落后國家要注意”比較優(yōu)勢陷阱“,積極實(shí)施趕超戰(zhàn)略。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理六:市場通常是組織經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)的一種好方法。在市場中相互影響的家庭和企業(yè)實(shí)施行動(dòng),好像有一只看不見的手引導(dǎo)他們來達(dá)到資源的最優(yōu)配置。與此相反的是在政府指導(dǎo)下的計(jì)劃經(jīng)濟(jì)。Markets Are Usually a Good Way to Organize Economic and firms that interact in market economies act as if they are guided by an “invisible hand” that leads the market to allocate resources opposite of this is economic activity that is organized by a central planner within the :在市場經(jīng)濟(jì)中,一個(gè)行業(yè)的利潤比另一個(gè)行業(yè)高,資源會(huì)流向利潤高的行業(yè)。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理七:政府有時(shí)可以改善市場結(jié)果。當(dāng)一個(gè)市場不能有效配置資源,政府可以通過公共政策改變結(jié)果。例如反壟斷和污染的法規(guī)。Governments Can Sometimes Improve Market a market fails to allocate resources efficiently, the government can change the oute through public are regulations against monopolies and :環(huán)境是公共物品,在沒有政府的情況下,企業(yè)為追求自身最大利益,往往不顧對(duì)環(huán)境的破壞污染,這時(shí)便需要政府出面調(diào)解。人們?nèi)绾蜗嗷プ饔肏ow People Interact十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理八 :一國的生活水平取決于它生產(chǎn)物品與勞務(wù)的能力。一個(gè)國家的工人單位時(shí)間內(nèi)能生產(chǎn)大量的商品和服務(wù),那么這個(gè)國家享受較高的生活水準(zhǔn)。類似的,當(dāng)一個(gè)國家的生產(chǎn)力提高,那么它的平均收入也會(huì)提高。A Country’s Standard of Living Depends on Its Ability to Produce Goods and whose workers produce a large quantity of goods and services per unit of time enjoy a high standard of , as a nation’s productivity grows, so does its average :用什么來解釋各國和不同時(shí)期中生活水平的巨大差別呢?為什么北美的生活水平高,而熱帶非洲的生產(chǎn)水平低?答案是幾乎所有生活水平的變動(dòng)都可以歸因于各國的技術(shù)狀況和各項(xiàng)知識(shí)差別。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理九 :當(dāng)政府發(fā)行了過多貨幣時(shí),物價(jià)上升。當(dāng)一個(gè)政府發(fā)行了大量該國貨幣,貨幣的價(jià)值下跌。因此,價(jià)格的上漲,使得需要更多貨幣來購買商品和服務(wù)。Prices Rise When the Government Prints Too Much a government creates large quantities of the nation’s money, the value of the money a result, prices increase, requiring more of the same money to buy goods and :表現(xiàn)為通貨膨脹。比如1922年1月到1923年11月,由于通貨膨脹,魏瑪共和國的價(jià)格指數(shù)從1上升到10 000 000 000。就像某人在1922年初擁有一張價(jià)值3億元的德國債券,那么兩年之后,他用這么多錢就會(huì)連一小塊糖也買不到。十大經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)原理十:社會(huì)面臨通貨膨脹與失業(yè)之間的短期權(quán)衡取舍。降低通貨膨脹往往伴隨著失業(yè)率的暫時(shí)上升。這種此消彼長的現(xiàn)象是理解稅法,政府支出和貨幣政策的變化短期效應(yīng)的關(guān)鍵。Society Faces a ShortRun Tradeoff Between Inflation and inflation often causes a temporary rise in tradeoff is crucial for understanding the shortrun effects of changes in taxes, government spending and monetary :當(dāng)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長過快時(shí),會(huì)出現(xiàn)通貨膨脹。為減輕價(jià)格壓力,政府可通過增加稅收,提減少政府支出,提高利率等方法抑制通貨膨脹。但是降低通貨膨脹的代價(jià)并沒有這么簡單,它往往伴隨失業(yè)率的提高??梢杂梅评账骨€來解釋。如果菲利普斯曲線相對(duì)比較平坦,則降低通貨膨脹率就要以較高的失業(yè)率和產(chǎn)出損失為代價(jià);而如果菲利普斯曲線比較陡峭,則失業(yè)率的小幅上升就會(huì)帶來通貨膨脹率的快速下降,代價(jià)較小。如何運(yùn)用經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)十大原理人們?nèi)绾巫龀鰶Q策人們?nèi)绾蜗嗷ビ绊懻w經(jīng)濟(jì)如何運(yùn)行,物價(jià)上升