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Watch outs....
A company is an “it” not a “they” “Boeing generates its international
sales in Burundi and East Timor.”
Watch outs....
A company is an “it” not a “they” “Boeing generates its international
sales in Burundi and East Timor.” “$200 billion” not “two hundred
billion dollars” or “200 billion dollars”
Watch outs....
A company is an “it” not a “they” “Boeing generates its international
sales in Burundi and East Timor.” “$200 billion” not “two hundred
billion dollars” or “200 billion dollars” Two adjectives before a noun gets a
hyphen (usually)
Watch outs....
A company is an “it” not a “they” “Boeing generates its international
sales in Burundi and East Timor.” “$200 billion” not “two hundred
billion dollars” or “200 billion dollars” Two adjectives before a noun gets a
hyphen (usually) “Apple’s research-savvy team
generates new products.”
One more watch out
It’s = it is “Its” is possessive “Apple generates its sales via the
internet.” “It’s possible for Apple to continue
growing.”
So why does public not support international trade?
Our old friends trade fallacies Protectionism in Europe estimated to
cost $215,000 per year per job
So why does public not support international trade?
Our old friends trade fallacies Protectionism in Europe estimated to
cost $215,000 per year per job “the costs are not simply their
salaries, but the even larger costs of producing in less efficient ways, using up scarce resources that would be more productive elsewhere”
Why is “globalization” a naughty word?
Anti-globalization critics see international trade as destroying nations, the environment, small farms, etc.
International trade is just extension of specialization that marks every modern economy
Why is “globalization” a naughty word?
Anti-globalization critics see international trade as destroying nations, the environment, small farms, etc.
International trade is just extension of specialization that marks every modern economy
Why don’t we make our own socks and jeans?
Why is “globalization” a naughty word?
Anti-globalization critics see international trade as destroying nations, the environment, small farms, etc.
International trade is just extension of specialization that marks every modern economy
Why don’t we make our own socks and jeans?
We’re better off buying them from Vietnam and concentrating on software and lattes
Good summary of international trade:
International trade is not a zero-sum contest, but wide array of voluntary transactions between individuals living in different countries who all must gain... another way getting more out of SRTHAU
Trade to GDP ratio
Total of imports & exports as a percent of GDP
China: 58% U.S.:27.6% U.S. is world’s leading importer, #3
exporter and #1 in commercial services
so what do you need to know for next week’s test?
Zero sum thinking Examples of “loaded” language such
as “favorable trade balance,” “globalization,” “record trade deficit”
so what do you need to know for next week’s test?
Zero sum thinking Examples of “loaded” language such
as “favorable trade balance,” “globalization,” “record trade deficit”
How can both sides gain in international trade?
so what do you need to know for next week’s test?
Zero sum thinking Examples of “loaded” language such
as “favorable trade balance,” “globalization,” “record trade deficit”
How can both sides gain in international trade?
The three advantages: absolute, comparative and economies of scale
next week’s test
Know your trade fallacies Low-wage and high-wage countries
can’t trade Need restrictions to ‘save jobs’
next week’s test
Know your trade fallacies Low-wage and high-wage countries
can’t trade Need restrictions to ‘save jobs’:
study Hawley-Smoot
next week’s test
Know your trade fallacies Low-wage and high-wage countries
can’t trade Need restrictions to ‘save jobs’:
study Hawley-Smoot Protect infant industries
next week’s test
Know your trade fallacies Low-wage and high-wage countries
can’t trade Need restrictions to ‘save jobs’:
study Hawley-Smoot Protect infant industries Industry needed for national defense
next week’s test
Know your trade fallacies Low-wage and high-wage countries
can’t trade Need restrictions to ‘save jobs’:
study Hawley-Smoot Protect infant industries Industry needed for national defense Stop ‘dumping’ of good into our
country
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations
I Design Big Refrigerators in France
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations
I Design Big Refrigerators in France Investments, Deposits, Bonds,
Remittances, Imperialism, Foreign aid
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations
I Design Big Refrigerators in France Investments, Deposits, Bonds,
Remittances, Imperialism, Foreign aid
IMG and World Bank
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations
I Design Big Refrigerators in France Investments, Deposits, Bonds,
Remittances, Imperialism, Foreign aid
IMG and World Bank Emigrants and immigrants
next week’s test
Types of trade restrictions: tariffs, import quotas, red tape
How does wealth move between nations I Design Big Refrigerators in France Investments, Deposits, Bonds,
Remittances, Imperialism, Foreign aid IMG and World Bank Emigrants and immigrantsWSJ story: “We’ve become a nation of
takers”