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    International Foundation Course: Economics Option Essay Writing “In what ways has the economy of my country been affected by globalization?” Globalization is a worldwide trending phenomenon for the past century that has affected millions of lives in many different ways. Cambridge English dictionary defines globalization as “the increase of trade around the world, especially by large companies producing and trading goods in many different countries” . Globalization has many facets and may have implications

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    1. Introduction to Trade Policy. When trading in an international market, a company must understand the ways, countries can interfere with trade. These trade barriers, according to Kishore Kulkarni’s book on International Economics, cause trade to “diverge from the comparative advantage pattern” (pg.266). David Ricardo’s comparative advantage “is an economic law that demonstrates the ways in which protectionism is unnecessary in free trade” (pg.145). This section will provide an in-depth look at

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    The deployment of economic sanctions on the international stage by states to influence the behavior of other states has become the norm in International Relations. Despite the increase in popularity of this practice over the course of the past century, the question of its efficiency is one that is still debated and remains unanswered. The idea that putting economic pressures on a country to illicit a certain behavior or change in behavior from that country works in theory, but in practice, it is

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    University of Zambia Great East Road, Main Compass P. O. Box 32379 LUSAKA Computer Number: 2016145282 Student Name: Idah Chama Mulenga Course of study: MSc. Human Nutrition Year of study: 1st Year Course Name: Socio-economic Dimensions of Nutrition Course Code: 6410 Assignment Number: Second Lecturer: Dr. Keiron Audain Due date: 23rd December, 2016 Assignment Question: With a focus on food security, what are the pros and cons of free trade? Food security

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    influence the world’s economics or one of the separate countries. The main area of globalization is the international economic system (economics), i.e. global industry; the exchange and consumption done by the enterprises in their national economies and in the world market. As a result of the globalization, the financial capital gained the considerable mobility, seeking for the most attractive and profitable opportunities. Financial globalization has increased the influence of international markets on the

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    A nation’s economic success and international competitiveness depends upon the policies it set. These policies are dependent on a variety of factors such as foreign direct investment and trade. According to Phillips et al (2006), the global financial platform has been showing transitional change over the last two decades in which foreign aid as a source of capital flow is drying up. Markusen and Venables (1998) explained that financial institutions like the IMF and the World Bank on their own are

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    International Economics Paper Name Institution Outline 1. Introduction 2. President and Congress 3. The Federal Reserve 4. What motivates policymakers to stimulate or contract the economy? 5. Effect of Strength of other Economies on the Organization 6. Recommendations 7. Conclusion 8. References Introduction Wal-Mart is an American-based retailing company that has ventured into the international market with the aim of taking over some of the emerging markets across

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    the shifts in equilibrium occur too quickly to rely on models instead use logical deduction based on fundamental axioms (). Monetarists believe that the emphasis should be on the role of governments in controlling the money supply (). Keynesian economics and its modern variations remains a common school of thought in the U.S. that focuses on analyzing macroeconomic elements in the short term using models (). The protectionist inclined schools, like the American School and at times the Austrian School

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    Throughout the centuries of economic theories, there have always been major disagreements amongst economists. Each believing their theory provides a better explanation or solution to the economic situations the globe finds itself in. The anomaly to these disagreements is the theory, first introduced by Adam Smith, which states that international free trade is in the best interest of the trading countries and the ever globalizing world as a whole. This essay shall compare the views of the great economists;

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    From a Marxist’s standpoint, international economic Institutions have no advantages whatsoever. Chimni argues that the growing international institutions constitute an imperial global state in the making (Chimni, 2004). Chimni explains that creating a global state fulfills the interests of a transnational capitalist class within the international realm at the expense of the social classes in the developing and underdeveloped countries (Chimni, 2004). Chimni criticizes the institutions’ calls for

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