mankiw's Ten principle of economics

人们如何作出决策 How people make decisions

1.人们面临交替关系
People face tradeoffs

2.某些东西的成本是为了得到它所放弃的东西
The cost of something is what you give up to get it

3.理性人考虑边际量
Rational people think at the margin

4.人们会对激励作出反应
People respond to incentives

人们如何相互交易How people interact

5.贸易能使每个人的状况变得更好
Trade can make everyone better off

6.市场通常是组织经济活动的一种好方法
Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity

7.政府有时可以改善市场结果
Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes

整个经济如何运行 How the economy as a whole works

8.一国的生活水平取决于它生产物品与劳务的能力
A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services

9.当政府发行了过多货币时，物价上升
Prices rise when the government prints too much money

10.社会面临通货膨胀与失业之间的短期交替关系
Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment