international economic relations

Argues that the economic woes of the world are forcing a critical rebalancing of the world economies.

Provides an introduction to the ways in which the nations of the world do business with each other, describing the history of trade, the reasons for trade, and trade controversies.

Explores the state of the world's economy as of 2008, and examines the effects of globalization on the prosperity of the United States.

Presents over seventy vignettes that provide historical perspectives on aspects of the world economy, discussing the world economy before European domination, the origins of international standards and practices, the nature and consequences of industrialization and deindustrialization, and other topics.

The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy :--an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade.

Identifies the problems related to globalization and puts forward practical proposals to make the existing international financial and trade systems work better.

Explains how globalization is shaping world affairs and discusses how it replaced the Cold War system, how it is creating a single global market, how it is influencing domestic policies, and other related topics.

Discusses the factors that are altering the economies of the world's countries, looking at the end of communism, the rise of brainpower industries, changing demographics, global business, and the lack of a dominant world leader.

Financial market strategist David Smick comments on the volatile state of the U.S. economy, looking at how the mortgage crisis came about, offering his opinions on how bad things could get, and discussing how economic trends around the world are affecting events in America.

An economist used the tee-shirt industry as an example to examine the politics, economics, ethics, and history of modern business and globalization.