Journal of Asian EconomicsJournal2013,Journal of Asian Economics ShintaroHamanaka Abstract There has been much confusion, rather than debate, on the use offree tradeagreements (FTAs). Unfortunately, a large part of the confusion is caused by the absence of consensus on the meaning of key terms ...
The idea of balanced trade originates from an essay entitled "Balanced Trade: Toward the Future of Economics" posted on a leftist political and economic blog, known as The Mike P. McKeever Institute of Economic Policy Analysis, in 2004.1In his essay, McKeever disputes several commonly accepted...
What does mainstream economics think about establishing a free-market monetary system? What is the major argument on Keynesian economics? What is the economic perspective, or more easily stated, what governs the economic way of thinking? What is the rationale for government involvement in the market...
History of global trade and economics As Adam Smith (as pictured) explains in "The Wealth of Nations", humans are endowed with "a propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another", meaning all humans have a tendency to participate in some form of market.¹ This, he write...
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Political Analysis of the Trade Regime, from The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO)... JH...
Before World War II London was the centre of international trade in primary goods, but New York City has become at least as important. It is in these two cities that the international prices of many primary products are determined. Although New York often has the bigger market, many producers...
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The U.S. international trade deficit in November 2024 was $78.2 billion, meaning imports exceeded exports.7 Criticisms of Comparative Advantage Why doesn't the world have open trading between countries? When there is free trade, why do some countries remain poor at the expense of others? There...
have argued that money is imposed by the state in order to facilitate the collection of taxes, the payment of tribute, and the financing of war. This approach is often called the “credit theory of money” or “chartalist theory of money” (after the Latin wordchartameaning ticket or ...