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| Introduction | |
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| What Is the World Economy? | |
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| How Is Wealth Determined Around the World? | |
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| What Is Macroeconomics? | |
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| How Does International Trade Work? | |
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| What Is Globalization? | |
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| What Are Trade Surpluses and Deficits? | |
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| What Is Money? | |
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| What Are the World's Major Currencies? | |
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| What Is the Euro? | |
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| What Is Virtual Money? | |
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| What Are Freely Floating Currencies? | |
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| What Are Exchange Rates? | |
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| What Is GNP/GDP? | |
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| How Are the World's Economies Compared? | |
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| What Is Money Supply? | |
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| What Is Inflation? | |
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| What Is a Central Bank? | |
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| How Do Central Banks Regulate an Economy? | |
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| How Are Interest Rates Used to Control Economic Growth? | |
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| What Is Free Trade? | |
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| What Are Quotas, Tariffs, and Subsidies? | |
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| What Is the WTO? | |
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| Who Invests in the Global Marketplace? | |
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| What Is Equity? | |
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| Why Are Companies Referred to as Ltd., Inc., GmbH, or S.A.? | |
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| What Is a Balance Sheet? | |
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| What Is a Profit and Loss Statement? | |
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| What Is Net Worth? | |
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| What Is Bankruptcy? | |
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| What Is Venture Capital? | |
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| What Is an IPO? | |
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| What Is a Leveraged Buyout? | |
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| What Is a Multinational? | |
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| What Are the Risks of International Investing? | |
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| What Is a Stock Index? | |
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| How Do Investors Buy Foreign Shares? | |
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| What Is an Equity Fund? | |
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| What Is a Capital Market? | |
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| What Is a Bond? | |
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| What Are Eurocurrencies and Eurobonds? | |
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| How Are Ratings Used to Evaluate International Investments? | |
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| How Is Gold Part of the World Economy? | |
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| What Are Derivatives? | |
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| What Is an Option? | |
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| What Are Stock Options? | |
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| What Is a Currency Option? | |
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| What Is a Hedge Fund? | |
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| What Is Hot Money? | |
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| What Is the New Economy? | |
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| How Can New Economy Companies Be Compared to Traditional Companies? | |
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| What Is E-Commerce? | |
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| What Is the European Union? | |
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| How Are Communist Countries Transformed by Capitalism? | |
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| How Is the Former Soviet Bloc Being Integrated into the World Economy? | |
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| What Are the Tiger Economies of Southeast Asia? | |
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| What Is Japan Inc.? | |
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| What Is the Third World? | |
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| What Is Hyperinflation? | |
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| What Causes the Income Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries? | |
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| What Can Be Done to Promote Third World Development? | |
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| What Is the World Bank? | |
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| What Is the IMF? | |
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| What Are Economic Austerity Plans? | |
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| What Is Dollarization? | |
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| What Is NAFTA? | |
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| What Are Free-Trade Megazones? | |
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| What Are the OECD and G7/G8? | |
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| What Are Regional Development Banks? | |
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| What Role Do Charities and NGOs Play in the World Economy? | |
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| How Is Corruption Part of the World Economy? | |
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| What Is Money Laundering? | |
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| How Does a Swiss Bank Account Work? | |
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| What Are Tax Havens? | |
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| How Are Illegal Goods Traded on the World's Black Markets? | |
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| What Is Economic Espionage? | |
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| How Is the Environment Affected by the World Economy? | |
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| How Can Economic Incentives Be Used to Reduce Pollution? | |
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| How Does Immigration Affect the World Economy? | |
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| How Are Slavery and Child Labor Part of the World Economy? | |
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| What Is the Effect of the AIDS Epidemic on the World Economy? | |
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| What Are Economic Sanctions? | |
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| Glossary | |