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Trade and Globalization
Due Friday by 11:59pm
Points 100
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Your assignment will be a short write-up on your takeaways and reflections on the lecture and
content.
Theme: why and how we trade, past, present, and your future.
Richard Baldwin’s TEDx Talk (watch this first — the “pro”):
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Adrian Wooldridge TEDx Talk (watch this second — the “con”):
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Discussion on Trade and Globalization. Take some notes as you watch the two videos.
A brief review of Ricardo’s fundamental trade theory: I will use slides for this, nothing to read.
Further short reading (Baldwin) on globalization (optional, but highly recommended):
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I do not believe he finished this series of blogs; instead, he focused on publishing his last book.
I will discuss these slides from Richard Baldwin: Baldwin Great Convergence slides (for
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More on trade theory. Depending on time, I may discuss this; otherwise, more background for
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