經濟學是研究如何把稀少性資源，做最有效率配置的一門學問，旨在探討人們在有限的資源下如何做選擇？以及人們所選擇的活動，會造成什麼樣的結果？因此，經濟學也可說是一門研究選擇的科學。本課程介紹基本經濟學概念及分析工具，用來研究如何把有限資源配置到各個彼此互斥的用途上，以期對經濟活動（行為） 有深入的瞭解，課程內容涵蓋個體經濟學及總體經濟學。本學期內容是討論總體經濟學，包括: 總體經濟探討議題、國民所得的意義與衡量、物價膨脹與失業、貨幣與金融市場、總合供需分析、財政政策與貨幣政策、國際貿易與金融等。

Economics is a study of how to use rare sex resources to make the most efficient allocation, aiming to explore how people choose under limited resources? And what results will the activities chosen by people lead to? Therefore, economics can also be said to be a science of research and selection. This course introduces basic economic concepts and analytical tools to study how to allocate limited resources to each mutually exclusive uses in order to have an in-depth understanding of economic activities (behavior). The course content covers individual economics and overall economics. The content of this period discusses general economics, including: general economic exploration, the meaning and measurement of national income, price inflation and unemployment, currency and financial market, general supply and demand analysis, financial policy and currency policy, international trade and finance, etc.

教科書:
Michael Parkin : Economics, 12th edition, Addison Wesley, 2016.
參考書籍:
1.自編教學講義（可自教學平台下載參考）。
2.Frank, Robert and Bernanke Ben (2002) Principle of Economics 《經濟學》
（台 北：美商麥格羅-希爾出版。）
3.Mankiw, N.G. (2001) Principles of Economics 《經濟學原理》（林建甫等四人合
譯，台北：東華書局。）

Textbook:
Michael Parkin : Economics, 12th edition, Addison Wesley, 2016.
Reference books:
1. Self-edited teaching explanation (references can be downloaded from the self-teaching platform).
2. Frank, Robert and Bernanke Ben (2002) Principle of Economics "Economics"
(Taiwan North: Published by American businessman Macro-Hill.)
3.Mankiw, N.G. (2001) Principles of Economics (Principles of Economics) (Lin Jianfu and four others together
Translation, Taipei: Donghua Book Bureau. )