当代世界经济英文版ppt chap 1.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * BAI YUAN SUSAN’S STORY Chapter One Contemporary World Economy and Its Development Key Issues: Why should we study the world economy? How important is the environment for the sustainable economic development? How important are the natural resources for the economic development? What does the historical review of the world economy tell us? 1.1. Fundamental Elements of the Contemporary World Economy The Definition of the World Economy : An economic development system going beyond the nation-state boundary, in which all national economies are integrated into an interdependent body through international division of labor, world market, internationalized exchange tools and free movement of production factors in the globalization era The Subject theme of the World Economy  The development of the world economic globalization Economic linkages of national economies National economies Problems and challenges The Three Elements of the World Economy People :controlling force of the world economy , dual features :basic production factor and consumer Natural resources :basic material supplies for production, distribution and location of natural resources have great impact on the economic pattern of the world economy Ecological environment :supporting system for live, maintain the physical, geographical and chemical metabolizing movement of the earth The World Economic System Chinese scholar: world economic system is an economic relationship and balancing status of countries based on their economic power and mutual restraining abilities: a country or a country group acts as the core of the world economy or “head of the train” Western scholar represented by Wallenstein: world-system is an interdependent system of countries linked by economic and political competition : proposes four different categories, core, semi-periphery, periphery, and external 1.2. Historical Review of the World Economy （1）The Exploration Era ,