Political economy

“Made in America” is a familiar term. Support our country and give America our jobs back! This is easily said, but not so easily done. Look closely at the labels on clothes and products around the house. Many of these items have an “out of country” label on it. It is rare to find a “Made in America” label. Americans have been manufacturing products for many years. So why are American made production rates going down? The main reason is because American made products are more expensive. But, most…

(Gabriel). One of the main purposes of his foreign trips is to trade promotion, and the Japanese government calls it an economic mission. By accompanying the Prime Minister, Japanese corporations can promote and expand their market in the global economy. Globalization intensified the competition at the global market among enterprises from different nations. Therefore, as a neoliberal, Abe wants Japan to…

the North and the South. The North’s economy, beginning around 1800, was marked by increasing reliance on industrialism, transportation, and diversification. The South’s economy was almost solely dependent upon the production of cotton, only made profitable by the Cotton Gin and slave labor. By 1860, the North had more railroad track, canals, manufacturing and population than the South. The idea that cotton was the basis for the whole of the American economy was an illusion. When sectionalism…

factors including the fact that Walmart, the leading retailer in the world, has opened its stores in the UK and the need to compete on a global scale by having a larger market share. Therefore, the company decided to venture in to Egypt, an emerging economy with a high growth rate percentage compared to many European countries at the time and one that less international competitors to compete with. This paper discusses whether Egypt was a good choice to invest in using various…

I believe that this is due to the manner in which the European powers left. Instead of teaching the Africans how to properly run a government, an economy, and how to effectively harness and utilize natural resources, the Europeans simply packed up and left the Africans. As a result of having multitudes of natural resources and not knowing what to do with them, in addition to not having proper knowledge…

anthropologist ever escape the global reach of capitalism? Maybe. The reach of capitalism extends for as long as we give it form. It is reasonable to assume, as is evidenced by previous forms commerce, that at some point a different method of economic and political organization could take prominence; it is however, the form of exchange in current trends of globalization and would take a complete restructuring of the current regime in order to do so. 2. What is meant by the term anthropological…

the productive capacity in these areas. There also needs to be improvements in industrial production in the urban areas, to diversify the economy (Senegal Economic Outlook, 2016). “Urban development provides opportunities linked to economic sector diversification and to transport infrastructure development” (Development Cooperation, 2012). A cohesive political system is necessary to begin to address some of the many social and economic issues in the…

process’ of globalization has effects on environment, culture, labor, migration, educational and political systems, economic development, finances, technology and physical health of societies worldwide. The impact of globalization is complex, It has different implications on in each and every one of these areas. Globalization has been driven by policies that have opened local and international economies. Since the Second World War (Smallman, S., & Brown, K. (2011).), and in recent years,…

the nation. With almost a quarter of foreign born population, Dallas has been an attractive place to the immigrants’ which might be due to the availability of job opportunities, infrastructures, lower cost of living and its continuous growth in the economy. Along with that, the presence of the several major universities have also attracted many people to gain their higher education in Dallas. Being in the second largest economic state…

wealth inequalities…shaped most decisively in the last quarter of the nineteenth century” with Asian, African and Latin American economic systems, particularly rural ones characterized by commercial commodity production, joining the larger global economy (15-16). Davis asserts the “Third World” grew out of the effects of the “forcible incorporation of smallholder production into commodity and financial circuits controlled from overseas,” a concurrent and “dramatic deterioration in the terms of…