International Trade and Its Barriers

This article defines international trade and illustrates the different kinds of trade barriers that are generally encountered. It also discusses the various advantages enjoyed by countries through implementation of these barriers on international trade.

Hu is in India but Who am I in China?

This is a short piece about an individual in another country in the light of President Hu's visit to India. Bilateral trade between the two countries is rising and the two nations are fast emerging as economic powerhouses...

Globalization Consequences on Cultural Studies

Globalization has quickly become a prevalent term; it names a process, an epoch, a discourse, a promise, a threat, a way of looking at 'the world'. It also names a new kind of 'inter-discipline', a new protocol of writing and teaching in the humanities and social science. This phenomenon has effected on per discipline in any aspect that cultural studies is not exception. The article charts the emergence of globalization in cultural studies: first, by planning the bright symptoms of globalization discourse as it appears in three major anthologies of cultural studies of globalization; second, by arguing that the freedom from history implied by the idea of globalization always depends on a variety of implicit narratives about the past; and third, by speculating on the ways one might constitute the culture of the era of globalization.

The Economy in Canada 5 Strongest Growing Provinces and Territories

Increase in Gross Domestic Products, the 5 top provinces for economic activity in Canada

Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority, or the TVA, remains one of the most ambitious public work projects ever conceived or attempted in the United States. Its story is not a fairy tale by any means.

India's Development and GDP Growth Ready for Greater Momentum

India's growth is yet to achieve its true potential. This article examines the potential...

The Real Economy

In spite of the negative stories we often hear in the media, the US economy is booming. Why does the media take a negative approach and what can be done about it? Many in business are simply ignoring the constant beating of bad press and are pursuing their own agenda of hiring new employees, starting new businesses, or expanding the business they already own. This is an excellent formula for businesses everywhere.

The Economics Of Brain Power

Investigating these times of globalization: those of us who are left behind living in North America are a bunch of morons – the whole 330 millions of us.

Why Universal Health Care Could be a Conservative Republican's Dream

It's time for the Republican Party to take another look at universal health care.

How To Read News, Business, Forex, Stock, Market, Finance Everyday Online

Business and money news, financial news from MacroFinder.com. Latest national and international business. Stock exchange, forex news and update. Financial planner and guide. Investment, health and travel guides.

The First Five Years of the Euro - A Positive Evaluation

The relatively new European Currency - The Euro - has just passed its first five years' lustrum. Five years for a new currency is not enough to elaborate a full evaluation because that would require a longer existence to analyze the development over a mayor economic cycle of about eleven years. Yet a concise evaluation shows anything but a negative outcome for the Euro.

Quebec Court Might Give Permissions For A Group To Pursue Gaz Companies For Overpricing

Today news broke out in Quebec, Canada, that a group has asked permission to fill a lawsuit against gas companies because of a raise of 1,3 cents a litre that was putted in place by all the big gas companies around January 1st. This raise was the cause of a policy that the government of Quebec wants to establish in order to make gaz companies pay an environmental tax.

Interest Rates in UK - What Will Happen in 2007

On January 17th 2006 the MPC raised interest rates to 5.25%. The decision to raise interest rates, was seemingly justified a couple of days later, when inflation rose to an 11 year high of CPI 3%. This is on the edge of the governments inflation target of 2% +/-1. Although inflation is low by historical standards the MPC will be keen to move inflation back to its inflation target and maintain the strong credibility of monetary policy. Thus with inflation currently above its target the likelihood of interest rates rising is quite strong. Higher interest rates will dampen demand and hopefully keep inflation in check.