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International Economics, Globalization, and Policy - A Reader

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ISBN-10: 0073375810

ISBN-13: 9780073375816

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Philip King, Sharmila King

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The King reader is a collection of articles on international economics by leading economists drawn from various scholarly sources (e.g., Foreign Affairs, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Finance and Development, Federal Reserve Publications, the Journal of Economic Perspectives). Previously known as International Economics and International Economic Policy, the new title is briefer and yet more descriptive, since the term globalization has been added to reflect the content of the book, which is also used in courses devoted to globalization, particularly the economic aspects of globalization. The Fifth Edition focuses on real debates within the discipline of economics and political…    
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Book details

List price: $116.33
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 9/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Now retired, Philip King was Professor of Quantitative Methods and Psychology at Hawaii Pacific University.

Preface
International Trade
Issues in Trade and Protectionism
How Costly is Protectionism?
Grain Drain: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Rice Subsidies
International Trade: Why We Don�t Have More of It
Outsourcing, the WTO, and the Environment
Bridging the Trade-Environment Divide
Labor Standards: Where Do They Belong on the International Trade Agenda?
Beyond the Outsourcing Angst: Making America More Productive
Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution?
Trade in Heath Care: Changing Paradigms in a Global Economy
NAFTA, FDI, and other Trade Issues
Trade in America from NAFTA to Bilateralism
Does Foreign Direct Investment Help Emerging Economies?
Have U.S. Import Prices Become Less Responsive to Changes in the Dollar?
Immigration
Global Migration: Two Centuries of Mass Migration Offers Insights into the Future of Global Movements of People
America�s Stake in Immigration: Why Almost Everybody Wins
Globalization
The Global Governance of Trade as if Development Really Mattered
Are We Underestimating the Gains from Globalization for the United States?
What�s So Special about China�s Exports? INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Trade Deficit Disorder
Twin Deficits, Twenty Years Later
Why a Dollar Depreciation May Not Close the U.S. Trade Deficit
Trade Deficits Aren�t as Bad as You Think
Exchange Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Stabilization Policies
Does the Exchange Rate Regime Matter for Inflation and Growth?
China�s Controversial Exchange Rate Policy
To Float or Not to Float? Exchange Rate Regimes and Shocks
Moving to a Flexible Exchange Rate: How, When, and How Fast?
Official Dollarization and the Banking System in Ecuador and El Salvador
Europe and the Euro Zone
The Euro: Ever More Global
Integration and Globalization: The European Bellwether
Financial Crises and Capital Flows
Asia Ten Years After
Financial Crises of the Future
Financial-Sector Foreign Direct Investment and Host Countries: New and Old Lessons
Appraising the IMF�s Performance: A review of the First Three Studies by the New Independent Evaluation Office
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Foreign Aid
Aid and Growth
Microfinance: Banking for the Poor