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Down at heel? Brazil and the international shoe trade
Written by João Miguel Lima
On the issue of free trade agreements, what’s better than the workers’ point of view? In 2012, during a national conference of the footwear industry workers, I became aware of Brazilian workers’s take on the flow of shoes, their jobs, Chinese goods and international agreements.
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Where Free Trade Fails – The Cultural Dimension of TAFTA
Written by Dragos C. Costache
As a European, a tech geek and a fan of free trade I’m all in favour of the proposed EU-US free trade area. But as with any big agreement there are quite a few caveats to be added: net neutrality activists are claiming that TAFTA is just another backdoor for […]
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What’s the real merit of free trade?
Written by AylinMatle
As far as I know I have never thought about free trade apart when I had to during university classes which is probably a solid enough indicator that this topic is rather remote from my personal concerns. So either I take for granted the advantages that come with the European […]
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Ricardo is dead
Written by Ole Wintermann
Disclaimer: The article was written both from a perspective of a developed country and a devoloping country. Maria Farooq, Ole Wintermann One Dimensional Perspectives: A Risk for Globalisation? The 250 year old thesis is that globalization is a win-win-situation. The reason for that is the specialization of every country on […]
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GES Open Solution: Win a Ticket to Kiel!
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The Global Economic Symposium (GES) aims to provide a new collaborative setting to analyze the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. This year the symposium will take place from October 1st to 2nd in Kiel, Germany. The […]
