…have said nothing about actual movements of capital. Simply the ability to move capital strengthens capital owners in their negotiations with business and labor, because it makes the threat of…

rdan Baseline Scenario adds their thoughts to the trade policy debate: A fundamental principle that we all hold dear is: in industrialized countries, with relatively high income levels, the government…

…is no clearer description of the slowdown in world trade. Even in September 2001, when much of the global fleet was grounded, the decline was only 13.9%,” said Giovanni Bisignani,…

rdan Naked Capitalism also points to the underlying inattention to US trade policy and our financial wizards. Last night, we reported that the International Institute of Finance was calling for…

…reducing the U.S.’s structural current account deficit (the trade deficit). The first is the forced write-off of bad assets, fiscal recapitalization of the banks, or debt-for-equity tactic, and it should…

…longer appropriate to discuss international trade and debt balances purely in terms of ‘nations’. The fact is that US transnational corporations dominate world trade and finance. They also overshadow many…

…trade sales includes sales at all three level, manufacturing, wholesale and retail so it is reasonable to think of this as a proxy for real goods GDP. Note that the…

Save the Rustbelt sends this note working the end user as a reference, which is useful sometimes. The Downside of Increased Trade My wife, aka the world’s greatest nurse, worked…

…trade war.There’s no need for that. After all, trade wars are expensive and end up hurting everybody, while, as the Index proves year in and year out, free trade builds…

…make a significant contribution to real GDP growth. If you look at the real trade contribution to real gdp growth you find: 1950-59 -1.70 1960-69 +0.02 1970-79 +1.31 1980-89 -1.21…