This excerpt of “Export Now was adapted for The Globalist, and can be found online at: http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=9345 Discussions of trade frequently lapse into jargon or take on a pessimistic tone. The gloom is understandable, as recent years have seen a series of challenging developments in trade policy. Headlines proclaim that the Doha Trade Round—the trade- […]
A recent report by Credit Suisse analysts indicates that Apple Computers could generate an additional $18 per share and $68 billion from sales in emerging markets by 2015. It is the growing middle class in these markets that will fuel this robust growth. By 2015 244 million consumers in emerging markets will have incomes comparable […]
With political tension in Washington and economic troubles nationwide, Americans are preoccupied with one thing–jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in the US stayed at 9.1% this month, meaning that 14 million Americans are out of a job. On September 8th, President Obama delivered a speech that introduced the […]
