Article with charts and links to related material discusses how free trade is a result of comparative advantage, and how consumers can consume beyond their original production possibilities frontier if they specialize and trade.

The home page of the International Trade Administration (ITA). Contains a large amount of data about various aspects of international trade. Tables are clearly marked and easily accessible.

Learners simulate the trading of goods between countries. Then they reflect on the challenges of trade between countries.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Define foreign exchange market; Describe different types of investments like foreign direct investments, portfolio investments, and hedging; Explain how the appreciating...

This section provides five problems to solve based on the information presented in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.

The Sierra Club of Canada site covers energy, environment, biodiversity, and sustainable economy issues.

American businessmen in the late 18th and 19th centuries were very interested in finding markets all over the world for their goods and actively pursuing opportunities for foreign trade. The young nation needed to earn money to pay back...

While it is too early to assess the damage caused by this global pandemic, there are signs that it will permanently change the way society functions. From its impact on the global economy to our daily lives, COVID-19 will leave an...

A series of lessons which introduces the concept of entrepreneurship and its importance in today's global economy.

Two thousand years before today's "global economy," an exchange network linked the continent of Asia via the Silk Route. Between the first and eighth centuries of the common era, the empires and states of Asia often came into conflict as...

This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.

This site is an excellent lesson in which students explore the economic interdependence shared between the United States and Chile. Students will learn about the products imported from Chile and determine the reasons for trade between...

A speech given at the Japan-U.S. Business Conference in July, 2000. It tells us about the current political situation after the recent general election. It then reports on the recovery the economy is having in Japan.

In the final essay of a four-part series, David Christian explains how advances in communication and transportation accelerated collective learning.

McDonald's provides a page dedicated to explaining its involvement in Mexico's emerging economy. It includes numerous photos of Mexican tourist sites and McDonald's restaurants.

World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Ecuador.

World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site covers why Peru's economic growth rate has not been sufficient to reduce poverty or food insecurity and the resultant migration...

World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Bolivia.

An interview with Paul Hewitt, an expert in aging and public policy. The discussion focuses on the impact that aging populations around the world will have on economies, social structures, and government policies.

Sponsored by the CIA, the World Fact Book gives current information about the world's countries and peoples. Includes geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues sections.

Countries and Their Cultures spotlight Oceania's Lau. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion and expressive culture. The...

These interviews with individuals central to the development of ISI (import substitution industrialization) in Latin American economies features discussions of the controversial practice of ISI and its subsequent failure to jump start...

This section provides a summary of the key concepts discusses in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.

This is a list of key terms and definitions used in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.