本书内容如下为例：

Chapter 2: An Overview of the Financial System
1. Function of Financial Markets and Financial Intermediaries
2. Structure of Financial Markets
Debt and Equity Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets
Exchanges and Over-the-Counter Markets
Money and Capital Markets
3. Financial Instruments
Money Market Instruments
Capital Market Instruments
4. Role of Financial Intermediaries
Transaction Costs and Economies of Scale
Risk Sharing and Diversification
Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
5. Types of Financial Intermediaries
Depository Institutions (Banks)
Contractual Savings Institutions
Investment Intermediaries
This chapter provides an overview of the financial system in the US economy by describing
the various types of financial markets, financial instruments, and financial institutions
or intermediaries that exist.
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The chapter begins with a general statement that clarifies what function financial markets
and financial intermediaries have in the economy as a whole.
It then deals more specifically with:
The structure of financial markets and the ways in which different types of financial
markets can be distinguished. Here, it discusses debt versus equity markets,
primary versus secondary markets, exchanges versus over-the-counter markets,
and money versus capital markets.
The various types of financial instruments, including both money market instruments
and capital market instruments.
The special role played by financial intermediaries in the economy. Here, it describes
how financial intermediaries take advantage of economies of scale to reduce transaction
costs, how financial institutions assist in the process of risk sharing and
diversification, and how financial institutions overcome the problems of adverse
selection and more hazard.
The major types of financial intermediaries, including depository institutions (banks),
contractual savings institutions, and investment intermediaries.
Repeatedly throughout this course, we’ll be coming across references to the numerous types
of financial markets, financial instruments, and financial institutions. As we go along,
we can always refer back to this overview to recall how a particular type of financial
instrument works or what a particular type of financial intermediary does.