Oz and United States Exchange Rate - Let's estimate what happens to the exchange rate between the United States and the imaginary country of Oz.
The ruler of Oz is a totalitarian wizard. Since the economy of Oz is centrally planned, they lack three important ingredients that would make them more effective: free market efficiency, capital investment, and technological progress. An example is tha...
Malthusians - Outline your perspective on global population issues and your alignment with neo-Malthusians or neoclassical economists. Consider and respond to the following questions:
• Where do you believe the world stands in terms of global population?
• Is the current global population exhausting the Earth's carrying capacity or will market forces driving new technologies allow for continuou...
Multinational exploitation, Free Trade and Pricing, Environmental Regulations in Host Countries - Do multinational corporations exploit the host countries that covet the technologies and entrepreneurial skills that the multinationals provide?
Does free trade encourage foreign producers to dump their products in domestic markets in a way that hurts the price system?
Do these multinational cor...
Develop three scenario overviews relating to global population growth - Read "Taking the Long View: Scenario Planning Puts the Future into Perspective" from The Rocky Mountain Institute Newsletter, Fall/Winter 1995. I attached A PDF version of this article
This article will introduce you to the concept of scenario planning.
• Develop three scenario overviews relating to global population gro...
Internatinal Relations - Define cognitive dissonance in international relationships.
Give reasons and examples for your definition.
The most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating the Western, Confucian, Japanese, Latin American, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, and possibly African civilizations from one another.'
Why will this be the case? Why not?...