while differentiated products(for example,automobiles)characterize others.What differences in firm behavior would you expect toexist because ofthis? (三)思考与实践 What are the benefits and costs to society of advertising by automobile companies?By beer companies? Do you think that the practice of price leadership in an oligopolistic industry is harmful to the public interest?Should the govemment take steps to prevent it? (四)教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论等。 PART 4THE VITURESAND LIMITATIONS OFMARKETS Chapter 14 The Case For Free Market I:The Price System (一)目的与要求 the goal here is to know 1.Understanding how perfect competition achieves efficiency 2.Understanding how perfect competition achieves optimal output (二)教学内容 1.主要内容 Efficient Resource Allocation And Pricing Scarcity and The Need To Coordinate Economic Decisions How Perfect Competition Achieves Efficiency:A Graphic Analysis How Perfect Competition Achieves Optimal Output:Marginal Analysis Toward Assessment of The Price Mechanism 2.基本概念和知识点 EfficientAllocation of Resources;Laissez Faire:Input-Output Analysis,Consumer's Surplus:Producer's Surplus 3.问题与应用（能力要求 Some people argue that the poor should be given money:others say that the poor should be given vouchers to provide for necessities,such as food,shelter,and clothing. Presuming that both methods cost the taxpayers the same,which doyou think would be better,from the point of view of poor people and from the point of view of society as a whole? (三)思考与实践 What sorts of economic problems doyou think the market is not good at solving? (四)教学方法与手段 14 14 while differentiated products (for example, automobiles) characterize others. What differencesin firm behavior would you expect to exist because of this? (三）思考与实践 What are the benefits and costs to society of advertising by automobile companies? By beer companies? Do you think that the practice of price leadership in an oligopolistic industry is harmful to the public interest? Should the government take steps to prevent it? （四）教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论等。 PART 4 THE VITURES AND LIMITATIONS OF MARKETS Chapter 14 The Case For Free Market I: The Price System （一）目的与要求 the goal here is to know 1.Understanding how perfect competition achieves efficiency 2.Understanding how perfect competition achieves optimal output (二）教学内容 1.主要内容 Efficient Resource Allocation And Pricing Scarcity and The Need To Coordinate Economic Decisions How Perfect Competition Achieves Efficiency: A Graphic Analysis How Perfect Competition Achieves Optimal Output: Marginal Analysis Toward Assessment of The Price Mechanism 2.基本概念和知识点 Efficient Allocation of Resources; Laissez Faire; Input-Output Analysis; Consumer’s Surplus; Producer’s Surplus 3.问题与应用（能力要求） Some people argue that the poor should be given money; others say that the poor should be given vouchers to provide for necessities, such as food, shelter, and clothing. Presuming that both methods cost the taxpayers the same, which do you think would be better, from the point of view of poor people and from the point of view of society as a whole? (三）思考与实践 What sorts of economic problems do you think the market is not good at solving? （四）教学方法与手段