U.S. federal government policies with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) involve trade and investment plus travel for tourism, education, and employment, plus migration. People and firms in the U.S. make agreements (contracts) with...
Desperate for economic reforms so China could catch up to the West (and with Hong Kong, Taiwan, SK, and Japan), Chinese government officials since the 1960s have implemented disastrously destructive economic policies. Last fall...
Washing machines are a big deal. Clothes get dirty and require washing. Around the world, women wash clothes and most wash by hand since they lack access to electricity, or to enough electricity to...
Compared to Thailand, the U.S. government spends far less on rice subsidies. According to CBO estimates cited in the Delta Farm Press (April 3, 2015): The Congressional Budget Office estimates that under the previous...
In the thick of the 1970s and 1980s Cold War, U.S. economic policy with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China favored open trade, international investment, and economic integration. Trade with Japan, Hong...
Angus Deaton just won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and his recent book, The Great Escape: health, wealth and the origins of inequality is highly recommended for Stoa debaters researching the Asia trade topic. In Chapter Six,...
Flyers for September 25 and 26 Economic Thinking Workshops in Huntsville, Alabama. Stoa Policy workshop on Asia trade policy: • Economic Freedom & Trade Policy with China, Japan, SK, & Taiwan (pdf) (click image at...
[I wrote the text below on July 6 but somehow didn’t finish. Now the China’s stock market falling, the notes below and links may provide helpful background. Also valuable background for current financial and...
Around the world, private companies have been improving management of port facilities, investing billions to expand and improve operations. The collapse of communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe reveal stunning mismanagement of state...
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. Stoa debaters researching the Asia trade topic will regularly...
