Jobs and Protectionist Policies

What jobs are created through free trade and what jobs are lost when countries restrict free trade? Explain how it is possible that protectionist policies create more unemployment than free trade. Identify the areas in which the U.S. applies protectionist policies. How does the protectionist policies impact relationships with foreign countries, and how have the affected countries retaliated?

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 corporations take advantage of lax environmental regulations in host countries?

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 that cars in Oz are still being produced with plans that were stolen from a Ford factory in 1952. In 2000, Oz decided to open its borders to the United States for the first time. It turns out that citizens in the United States are interested in four things that Oz produces: food, hotel accommodations, tourist attractions, and beautiful... click for more

Federal Reserve Monetary Policy

In principle could the Federal Reserve conduct monetary policy through the purchase and sale of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange? Do you see any possible drawbacks to such a policy. Suppose the Federal Reserve purchased gold or foreign currency. How would this purchase affect the domestic money supply?

Competition - Dell Computers

Dell Computer keeps a close eye on what its competitors are doing. Why do you think, using economics, Dell reacts more quickly and more substantially to pricing, product design, and advertising to its close competitors such as HP and Gateway than it does with Apple computer?