Title: Cat for Assignment 1A
Course: 383-303-FD-55-01 • International Economics

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Question

Which of the following countries were part of the Eastern Bloc in the 1950s?
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Denmark
Egypt
United States
Haiti
Hungary
Morocco
The Netherlands
Sudan
Czechoslovakia
Thailand

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Feedback: Give 2 points per correct answer. Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia

Question

Which of the following countries were considered to be industrialized at the beginning of the 21st century?
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Denmark
Egypt
United States
Haiti
Hungary
Morocco
The Netherlands
Sudan
Czechoslovakia
Thailand

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Feedback: Give 2 points per correct answer. Denmark, United States, The Netherlands

Question

Which of the following countries are among the least advanced countries?
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Denmark
Egypt
United States
Haiti
Hungary
Morocco
The Netherlands
Sudan
Czechoslovakia
Thailand

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Feedback: Give 2 points per correct answer. Cambodia, Haiti, Sudan

Here is a quote from an article on Argentina.

Desrosiers, É. (2002, March 7). Leçons argentines : quand la mondialisation devient la route à ne pas suivre [Argentine lessons: When globalization becomes the route to avoid]."Le Devoir," p. B1.

According to political scientist Émilio Taddei, "the so-called fiscal discipline of the International Monetary Fund has led our government to privatize just about all our public utilities."

Question

Does the opinion expressed in this quote illustrate neoliberal or Keynesian ideas?

Explain your answer in one paragraph.

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Feedback: The ideas expressed in this quote illustrate neo-liberal thought. In fact, the quote specifies that the government had to privatize nearly all public utilities in order to comply with IMF regulations. Neo-liberal thought advocates a less active role for the state. For neo-liberals, the free market must take root and the state must pull out of sectors it was involved in to make room for this free market.

Question

Using your own words and in one paragraph, describe the phenomenon of globalization.

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Feedback: You must make sure that the student's answer includes the following elements: - Globalization is not just the fact that national companies produce for the international market and export a lot, or that they get their supplies from all over the world. - Globalization is much more than that. It requires extensive integration of businesses: businesses belonging to the same group conduct their own research and development, finance their own investments, organize their own production and distribution and recruit their own staff worldwide. Or: - Globalization is not just exporting goods; businesses affected by globalization do more than sell abroad: they manufacture, invest, hire and organize their distribution with a global perspective.

Question

Go back to the six characteristics of globalization presented in the Textbook in Lesson 2 and, based on the information provided, give:

a) Two advantages of participating in globalization for an industrialized country, such as Canada.

b) One disadvantage of participating in globalization for the same country.

For both part a) and part b), support your arguments.

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Feedback: a) Evaluation of two advantages and presentation of a valid argument. (25 points) b) Evaluation of one disadvantage and presentation of a valid argument. (15 points) Some of the characteristics of globalization are: - Rapid growth in trade, even during economic slowdowns. - Concentration of activities within the triad (US, Japan and European Union). - Spreading of North American or European consumption patterns. - Deregulation of capital markets. - Offshoring of businesses. - Increased mergers and acquisitions. Evaluate the answer based on the student's ability to demonstrate the advantage or disadvantage. You must also evaluate the accuracy of the information. Do not accept a simple standpoint without a logical and reasoned supporting argumentation. The same factor can sometimes be judged as either an advantage or a disadvantage. For example, for Canada, offshoring may be seen as an advantage if in fact the Canadian firms settle close to new markets and continue to be managed by Canadians. In such a scenario, the other countries benefit from Canada's knowledge and Canada serves new markets. On the other hand, the same situation can be presented by a student as a disadvantage if it is shown that offshoring constitutes a local production loss for Canada (loss of job creation, manufacturing production loss, etc.) to the benefit of foreign production.

Your answer must be approximately 250 words long.

Please write your answer in attached file "383-303-FD_assign1A_Q7."

Copy and paste the article in the same file.

Question

Find an article or an excerpt (approximately 400 to 500 words long) on the Internet that deals with the advantages or disadvantages of globalization. It is important for you to include this article with your answer: just copy the text from the article and paste it into the current Word file, which you will also use to write your answer. In the same Word document, include the exact URL of the article.

To find a relevant article on the Internet, use a good search engine such as Yahoo, Live Search or Google. Use significant key words such as "globalization," "internationalization" and "liberalization."

Once you have chosen the article and copied and pasted it into the attached Word document with the URL clearly shown:

- Summarize the main ideas expressed in the article.

- Next, compare the ideas in the article with those presented in the Textbook by writing down a few similarities and differences.

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