Trade
The Ease of Doing Business Rankings | The World Bank
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190.
John Maynard Keynes "National Self-Sufficiency"
An article from the Yale Law Review by John Maynard Keynes
Why Do Countries Trade?
Quick recap on the main economic justifications/reasons for countries to trade with one another for greater economic prosperity.
The Wealth-Creating Logic of Exchange is Pretty Simple. Here It Is.
Scratch almost any economist and you will find someone who is firmly committed to free trade and, most likely, someone who largely agrees with his colleagues who signed a 2006 Open Letter to President Bush and Congress organized by the Independent Institute--for whom I serve as a Senior Research Fellow--arguing that immigration, even of low-skill workers, is a net boon to the US economy.
The Invention of Money
Five reporters stumbled on what seems like a basic question: What is money? The unsettling answer they found: Money is fiction.
International Trade Introduction
You'll have the opportunity to learn more about fundamental ideas such as comparative advantage, increasing returns to scale, factor endowments, and arbitrage across borders. The consequences we discuss include the effects of offshoring, how trade has shaped the economies of China, Mexico, and Korea, when foreign direct investment is desirable, and the history of free trade and tariffs, among other topics.
I'll Stick With These: Some Sharp Observations on the Division of Labor
A blog post on the division of labor, by Mike Munger.
The Hockey Stick of Human Prosperity
On a timeline of human history, the recent rise in standards of living resembles a hockey stick -- flatlining for all of human history and then skyrocketing in just the last few centuries.
Cave-o-nomics
How did the economy get started? Meet Ugg, Glugg and Tugg, three enterprising cave men who accidentally invented trade, marketing and the base elements of the modern market economy.
