We live in an age in which globalization is more than ever an integral part of our lives. When we undertook the writing of our text, we looked at the existing texts and saw that the dramatic economic developments of recent years had not been incorporated into a newly written undergraduate text,

and felt the time was ripe to incorporate fresh theories and perspectives, an emphasis on empirical studies, and other up-to-date approaches into the study of international economics. With this book, we have expanded the vision of international economics to encompass the latest theory and events in the world today.

我们生活在一个全球化的今天，经济联系比任何时候都更成为我们生活不可分割的一部分。当我们开始写这本书时，我们看了一下现有的课文，发现近年来经济的急剧发展并没有被纳入新写的本科课文中，在第四版中将新的理论和观点、注重实证研究和其他最新方法纳入国际经济学研究。通过这本书，我们扩展了国际经济学的视野，涵盖了当今世界最新的理论和事件。