29 March - 4 April
Section outline
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International Competitiveness, Economic Policy plus Financial Crisis Explained in Gory Detail
What makes nations competitive? How can the government increase competitiveness? How can governments international trade?
Mandatory readings:
World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2014: Introduction, USA, Germany, Czech RepublicPaul Krugman: Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession, Foreign Affairs, March/April 1994 (volume 73, number 2).
Stephen D. Cohen: The Making of United States International Economic Policy. Praeger, 2000.
Recommended readings:
Michael Porter: The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Harvard Business Review, 1990.
U.S. Council on CompetitivenessFinancial crisis sources:
Crisis of Credit:
15 Explanations from Slate:
27 Visualizations
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