1 Financial Crisis: A Hardy Perennial 1 2 Anatomy of a Typical Crisis 24 3 Speculative Manias 38 4 Fueling the Flames: The Expansion of Credit 64 5 The Critical Stage 90 6 Euphoria and Economic Booms 113 7 International Contagion 123 8 Bubble Contagion: Tokyo to Bangkok to New York 142 9 Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle 165 10 Policy Responses: Letting It Burn Out, and Other Devices 203 11 The Domestic Lender of Last Resort 225 12 The International Lender of Last Resort 243 13 The Lessons of History and the Most Tumultuous

Forthcoming in the Chicago Law Review (2005) In March of 2003, as American tanks rolled toward Baghdad, international lawyers in the United States and abroad decried the action as a violation of the United Nations Charter. The invasion, some worried, would strip away the last pretense that international law could

一、国际商法的概念 国际商事法(International Business Law),简称国际商法,它是指调整 国际商事交易和商事组织的各种法律规范的总称。它强调的是各国商人(企业) 之间从事商业活动,尤其是贸易和投资活动方面的法律规范。这种法律规范调整 的对象随着世界经济全球化进程的加快和知识经济时代的到来,早已突破了传统 的商事法范围,而增加了许多新的领域,比如,传统意义上的(货物)买卖法,已 经演变成除货物买卖法以外的技术贸易法及服务贸易法;

 熟悉国际银行业务  了解主要的国际金融支付系统

• 了解国际金融市场一体化的收益和风险 • 熟悉国际金融市场上的机构投资者 • 掌握国际组合投资的原理和渠道

◼ 1.To learn the most commonly used instruments of payment– bill of exchange, promissory note and cheques. ◼ 2.To learn the methods of payment in international trade– remittance, collection, letter of credit and bank guarantee

Production: Organization Films International in collaboration with Foreign Films Productions, some sources also credit Capitani Films; black and white, 35mm; running time: 117 minutes, originally 124 minutes; length: 4195 feet. Released 1946. Producers: Roberto Rossellini, Rod E. Geiger, and Mario Conti;

Hong Kong-China, 1991 Director: Zhang Yimou Production: Era International, Hong Kong, in association with China Film Co-production Corporation; colour, 35mm; running time: 125 minutes

1 What Is Economics 2 Needs and Wants 3 Supply and Demand 4 Consumer Market In China 　 5 What Is International Business? 6 Brief History of Business 7 Business Environment 8 What is Production 9 Factors of Production 10 Product Life Cycle 11 PRODUCT ADAPTATION AND PRESENTATION 12 PRODUCT PACKAGING AND LABELING 　 13 INTERNATIONAL MARKET RESEARCH 14 MARKET SELECTION 15 FREE TRADE 16 TARIFF BARRIER 17 Non-Tariff Barrier 18 Trade Fairs 　 19 The World Trade Organization 　 20 What is Exporting 21 Export Procedure 22 Export Product 　 23 Export Marketing 24 Export Marking 25 Export Communications 26 Export Documentation 27 Export Contract 28 Export Pricing 29 Money 30 The Story of Banking 　 31 Documentary Collection 32 Documentary Credit 33 The Story of Transport 34 Ocean Freight 35 Air Transport 36 The Story of Insurance

the significance of holding a conference at Bretton Woods the functions of the International Monetary Fund debits and credits in international transaction