Introduces the concepts of importing and exporting goods, describing how nations have handled international trade in the past, explaining its impact on economies, and detailing the impact of globalization on world trade.
A world history focusing on the middle ages, and discussing how a world system had already been forming by highlighting the shared cultures and institutions of commerce around the world.
Examines how globalization and free trade affect people from various parts of the world, contending that it has hurt the working class and providing examples to support the argument.
Photographs and text explain importing and exporting, discussing fair trade; consumers; natural, human, and capital resources; countries that export a large amount of products; surplus; deficit; foreign exchange rate; and other related topics.
Explores the concept of trade in developed and undeveloped countries, discussing the World Trade Organization, free trade versus protectionism, and the environmental impacts of free trade.