Study Guide for first quiz in BLS 345

Quiz will be 45 minutes and given in the second half of the class on Nov 6th.

Notes:

Problem set 2 is due Oct 30.

There will be no formal class that day.

Students are invited, but not required to come to the Leiutenant Governor's

Forum on Globalization (see note below review questions).

On Readings:
  1. Citing specific authors and evidence, explain the case to be made on behalf on American Labor for free trade.
    2.
  2. Citing specific authors and evidence, explain the case to be made on behalf of American Labor against free trade.
    3.
  3. Citing specific authors and evidence, explain what is at stake for workers in the rest of the world in the enhancement of the WTO?
    4.
  4. Citing your current readings, make a case for or against unions as a counterbalance to globalization.
    5.
  5. Are worker's rights human rights?
    6.

On Problem Sets.

1. Be prepared to analyse mathematically and orally the core aspects of comparative advantage, terms of trade, tariffs, and gains from trade.

  1. Be prepared to analyse mathematically and orally the core aspects of exchange rates, purchasing power parity, balance of payments.

On Theory and Practice
  1. Be prepared to related the theory of comparative advantage and/or exchange rate theory to labor issues raised in class and in readings.
    2.

 

GLOBALIZATION FORUM

The meeting will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 at the Tacoma World Trade Center in Fife. The address of the trade center is 3600 Port of Tacoma Road. The phone number for the trade center is 253-383-9474.