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Global economics affects every aspect of our lives. Free trade agreements, tariffs, terrorism, trade deficits, international debt, global warming, OPEC, outsourcing, and sweat shops are just some of the forces driving our world, food supply, jobs, and future. The complete idiot's guide to global economics provides the key to understanding the various facts, figures, policies, and practices that offer insight into this dynamic subject. -- From publisher's description.
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For the purpose of helping ordinary people understand how the global economic system works, Hovey (international economics, Nazareth College) and Rehmke (director of a nonprofit organization) describe it all, from the suppliers of raw materials to the manufacturers, distributors, marketers, policymakers and consumers, moving from basic concepts to complex issues. They examine foreign competition, international economic politics, international trade groups and organizations and their effects on national economics, outsourcing and offshore manufacturing, international trade in service sectors, conflicts in trades and tariffs, international attitudes about money and the power it possesses, exchange rates, currencies in crisis, labor markets, competition for skills and markets, and means of control and regulation. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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