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Nike’s Environmental Record

This post involves a fictional company called Acme Motors. Acme manufactures automotive engines in Mexico and ships them to Detroit for inclusion in their automobiles. Nike, Inc. is one of the world’s...

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The International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944. It was originally tied closely to the gold-exchange standard established at that time. It originally...

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Concerns of the Maquiladora Workers

Maquiladoras are industrial plants below the U.S. border that assemble foreign parts into finished products. Unlike many developing countries which export inexpensive commodities, Mexico “exports” its...

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Obstacles to International Economic Policy Coordination

It can be proven that free trade is good for any country. The gains to consumers due to free trade outweigh the losses suffered by import-competing domestic industries. Unfortunately, these gains are...

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Economist’s Debate

There is good reason to believe the U.S. economy is headed for a period of stagnation. Robert Gordon rightfully points out that the U.S. workforce is shrinking as the number of workers entering their...

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CEO Pay

Over the last 30 years, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) salaries in the United States have grown from 40 times that of the average worker to over 600 times (Jones, 2013). As those salaries have grown, so...

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[QFD] Economics and Emerging Markets

Questions for Discussion 1. Identify one or two economies/markets that fit into our author’s definition of ‘emerging markets.’ I think Russia is the most interesting example of an “emerging market.” I...

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[QFD] Regional Economic Integration

Questions for Discussion 1. Chapter 8’s focus on ‘regional integration’ continues to ask us to understand and evaluate the role of NAFTA to the Texas and local economies. Using a google search,...

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[QFD] International Financial Markets

Questions for Discussion 1. what is the ‘international capital market?’ And, why is it important to U.S. firms? As our textbook defines it, the international capital market is a “network of...

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[QFD] International Monetary System

Questions for Discussion 1. At this point, you have read several chapters commenting on the impact on corporate profit of currency flows among countries. The common currency of Europe, i.e. the euro,...

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