Econ 201 International Trade
Class notes on International Trade
For interest:
Deloitte Consulting's Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index
US manufacturing as a share of total non-farm employment
Wow, these are some annoying, dumb, tariffs (Matthew Yglesias, Sept. 30, 2010)
But...there are losers from opening to trade! How should we feel about that?
Everyplace is the best at...something
The various US ports run trade deficits or surpluses (but only three run surpluses). (New York Times, January 3, 2009)
I am an exporter! Ah, foreigners at NU...they TA our classes, kill our curves, and reduce our trade deficit
For amusement:
"Scientists now say that within 40 years, robots will be doing most of the jobs we don't want to do, especially undocumented robots from Mexico." –Jay Leno
Effects of the depreciating dollar Albert Wesker has an interesting observation about the effects of the decline of the dollar on choices some Americans make.
Worst TV commercial ever? At least we're not letting in Frenchmen who spout off about Say's Law.
Who is stealing our jobs? Foreigners? Or robots?! Seriously, this may be the best thing Drew Carey has ever done.