”制卧舍贸易上考 金融英语阅读 Match the terms in column A with the explanations in column B. A B 1.laissez-faire A.a politically independent country 2.liberalism B.a large business organization consisting of several different companies that have joined together 3.austerity measures C.support 4.conglomerate D.all the money that exists in a country's economic system at a particular time 5.apolitical management E.the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country,usually in a single year 6.money supply F.reductions in government spending 7.shore up G.company with factories,offices,and business activities in many different countries 8.nation-state H.the government should allow the economy or private businesses to develop without any state control or influence 9.multinational corporation I.management which is not connected with any political party 10.GNP J.liberal opinions and principles,especially on social and political subjects Cloze The twentieth century's dominant myth was that of a"rational capitalism."The two economists who did the most to promote this idea were John Maynard Keynes and Joseph Schumpeter.1 Let us consider Keynes first.Keynes,located at Cambridge in England,was the embodiment of rational capitalism2 This was true with regard to both the relations between capitalist states and the regulation of internal contradictions of the accumulation process.For the first time in the establishment economic literature serious consideration was given to the nature of structural economic crisis under capitalism and what states might do about it.For Keynes the key was to get the state to intervene to ensure sufficient effective demand to guarantee full employment.He argued for a tempering of free trade and a degree of national self-sufficiency,in response to the globalizing influences of his time. 3 designed to stabilize world trade and finance through the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,the International Monetary Fund,and the World Bank.In general Keynesianism is thought to have pointed toward social democracy and the welfare state as manifestations of capitalist rationality.It seemed to portend a reformation rooted in a political compromise between capital and labor. 第1页共4页金融英语阅读 第 1 页 共 4 页 Match the terms in column A with the explanations in column B. A B 1. laissez-faire A. a politically independent country 2. liberalism B. a large business organization consisting of several different companies that have joined together 3.austerity measures C. support 4. conglomerate D. all the money that exists in a country's economic system at a particular time 5.apolitical management E. the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country, usually in a single year 6. money supply F. reductions in government spending 7. shore up G. company with factories, offices, and business activities in many different countries 8. nation-state H. the government should allow the economy or private businesses to develop without any state control or influence 9. multinational corporation I. management which is not connected with any political party 10. GNP J. liberal opinions and principles, especially on social and political subjects Cloze The twentieth century’s dominant myth was that of a “rational capitalism.” The two economists who did the most to promote this idea were John Maynard Keynes and Joseph Schumpeter. 1_______________ Let us consider Keynes first. Keynes, located at Cambridge in England, was the embodiment of rational capitalism2_______________ This was true with regard to both the relations between capitalist states and the regulation of internal contradictions of the accumulation process. For the first time in the establishment economic literature serious consideration was given to the nature of structural economic crisis under capitalism and what states might do about it. For Keynes the key was to get the state to intervene to ensure sufficient effective demand to guarantee full employment. He argued for a tempering of free trade and a degree of national self-sufficiency, in response to the globalizing influences of his time. 3_______________ designed to stabilize world trade and finance through the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. In general Keynesianism is thought to have pointed toward social democracy and the welfare state as manifestations of capitalist rationality. It seemed to portend a reformation rooted in a political compromise between capital and labor