International Marxist Tendency

lowering their tariffs. In fact, the average nominal tariffs fell 30 percent from 1987 to 1995. In 1993, the Brazilian government also liberalized their markets (“Has Globalization”). These trade liberalizations have resulted in a drastic increase in international trade. In Ginna Hauge’s and Marier Magnusson’s, study on the Globalization of Brazil, a quote reads, “During the 1990’s, Brazil and the other Latin American countries changed their trade and development policies, to varying degrees…

Anqi Li Li-Kuang Chen Siyao Song Econ 5103 May, 22nd, 2016 Submission Question 10 (a). What factors may have led to the changes in interest rate taken by RBA in 2011-2015 (Tradingeconomics.com, 2016) In 2011 the reserve bank of Australia decided to cut interest rates and continued to reduce them over the next 5 years. The RBA did this in response to a slowdown of the Australian economy as shown by the downward trend in monthly GDP growth, decreasing trade scale and lowering of commodity…

A Discourse Community is not Absolutely Independent “Discourse Community” is first constructed by Martin Nystrand in 1982 (Heilker & Vandenbergh). All of us can be considered as a part of discourse community. Sometimes we do not recognize that we are in discourse communities, but we will feel a sense of belonging when we in the right discourse communities. However, what is “Discourse Community”? and how to divided discourse communities? According to James E. Porter, “ A discourse community…

According to the Pew Ideology Poll I am classified under the category of Solid Liberals, along with about 65% of my classmates. When I analyze my views with the pew typology profiles I find that most of my views align with the secular democrat profile. My political opinions are strongly driven by social issues, I am not very religious, I am very pro-environment, I support government to the extent that it functions efficiently and is not manipulated by money and power. These views on politics are…

There is a thin line between torture, coercion, and persuasion. For some countries, torture is an adequate form of punishment used to not only instill fear, but to also show the consequences of prohibited actions to others. However, for the United States and other countries who have signed the Geneva Convention, torture is strictly prohibited, but is still practiced in different forms. The article “The Dark Art of Interrogation,” written by Mark Bowden, explores various interrogation techniques…

Collaboration is increasingly important in the highly developed society. Today’s society is no longer a self-sufficient one, but one in which all the people depend on each other for existence. Every loaf of bread，every article of clothes, every house or apartment, every means of transportation is the product of cooperative efforts. One can almost accomplish nothing without joint efforts. In “Committees, Juries, and Teams”, James Surowiecki acknowledges that sometimes collective knowledge can…

a country behavior in an international community tie to those of humans. I sent myself abroad to the United States when I was in ninth-grade. The opportunity to unfold new perspectives was presented to me immediately. Triggered by the cultural differences at first, the disparate ways of interactions of Chinese and Americans was brought to my cognizance. International Relations later weaved into the discussion as it became an integral part of my life as an international student (helpful to me…

Globalization has affected the economic environment in some Latin American countries, causing individuals to lose sight of their traditional economy. In Chile, globalization has largely influenced the economic resources that the economy depends on. In the excerpt from the book The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman exemplified how Wal-Mart has become a global player, specifically focusing on how global markets have increasingly dominated the Chilean economy. Today, approximately sixty-five percent…

The advantages of the Civil Families Law are its significance in shaping trade laws, degree of indigenization, and limited binding effect of court judgments. First, the period during which the Civil Families Law was developed resulted in relevant business/trade laws (Dammer & Albanese, 2014, p. 48). French and German codes were formulated during increasing industrialization and globalization, resulting in important common rules over contracts and property as well as individual responsibilities…

With the development of the social and economic development, our life also become more and more better. However，there is a question that what’s the purpose of we live? We live for make many money or we live for the happiness? Which one is more important for us? Is it important whether money is more important than happiness or happiness is more important than money? Different people have different ideas. For some people, money is more important than happiness, because they think that they…