“post# 1 (August 30,2017)

Title: The world has made great progress in eradicating extreme poverty.”

Today the estimated percentage of the world population that is living in poverty is 9.1%. In 1981 the estimate was 42%. Britain, Japan, China and Indonesia and other countries are apart of the global effort of reducing the % of the population that is living in poverty. (47)

 I can see there is a connection between the global effort of reducing the % of poverty and the United Nations goals. Africa holds a higher % of poverty, a lack of globalization could be one of the key factors that is keeping Africa from climbing out of poverty at a faster rate.  (53)
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“post# 2 (September 9,2017)

Title:  The retreat of the global company.”

McDonalds, KFC, Shell and Coca-Cola are apart of the many international companies that have the world in there hands. Between the 1980’s and 1990’s stock of foreign direct investment (% of global GDP)  began to rapidly increase. But as of 2016, the total flows of foreign direct invest(% of global GDP) is beginning to subside. (55)

 This article relates to globalization because United states is known for outsourcing jobs to other countries for better returns on investments due to the supply of cheap labor. With global FDI declining in recent years could that mean the % of unemployment is going up. (45)
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“post# 3, (September 23,2017)

Title: Why it is so hard to fix India’s sanitation?”

India’s currently one of the largest growing economies in the world, but with one of the worst sanitations problems. An estimated 450 million people defecate in public.  With authorities planning to spend $29 billion in public expenditures, to increase subsidies to families and promote construction growth.  Links showed little has changed. (51)

This article relates to development because it shows the disconnect of government interest on society. With villages aka “periphery and semi periphery” still being in existence in India, there could possibly be a link between sanitation and poor political interest the government has on the country. (46)
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“post# 4, (September 30,2017)

Title: How China is battling ever more intensely in the world markets – but does it play fair?”

 Tariffs were an attempt to prevent Chinese exports from entering America, fear of trade dispute between the nations calmed emotions.  With China owning the largest share of world exports, other nations become frighten.  China being a member of WTO, this opens their ability to offer low cost quality goods to the world. (52)

This article relates to trade, globalization and possible FDI, since there is a big relationship between USA and China. China being the mothership of exports, other nations are losing their ability in competing with the nation’s industrial capabilities. China is a form of absolute advantage nation with exports. (48)
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“post# 5, (October 7,2017)

Title: Three trade cases facing the Trump administration spell trouble.”

America is widely known for importing products from other countries. With domestic companies feeling threatened by international competition, a proposition for new trade barriers along with a rise in tariffs maybe be a possibly solution to curb trade disputes.  Solar technology, appliances and C-series planes are areas of argument. (49)

This article reminds me of the late industrialization theory, the state should encourage domestic economic growth.  With these factors being relevant to a globalized country, they can just as well hurt the economy. The World Trade Organization and North American free trade agreement setting the stage for trading, America is seeking remedy through rise in tariffs. (56)
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post #6 , (October 2, 2017)

Title: Financial Markets are not the whole economy

With Mortgage loans being handed out at an increasing rate leading up to the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the FED is pursuing Quantitative easing to help aid in recover from the crisis. With this form of monetary policy, the result was low interest rates due to the increase in money supply for the economy. (53)

This article relates to financialization especially in developed economies. Before the crisis in America there was wide spread use of financialization in the economy. With the use of derivatives, investors were betting against the failure of the housing market. As a result, when assets bubbles burst you will have the winners and the losers.  (54)

post #7 , (November 9, 2017)

Title: How to solve Britain's housing crisis

With housing price to earnings ratio growing larger, Britain is facing a housing crisis. The ratio of housing price to earning reaching an 8 in England, people are forced to leave the city and move to another city where housing is more affordable. Renting a room or a house is more so the common norm in Britain now. (58)

This article relates to migration. With Britain suffering a housing crisis, people are forced to move out of cities and into areas where more affordable housing is attainable. Therefore, citizens are now forced to commute to their jobs. Which is an economic side effect. (44)

post #8 , (November 13,2017)

Title: Remittances to Mexico spike in anticipation of Donald Trump's wall

While Mexico is considered Americas neighbor, President Donald Trump is motivated through the actions of creating a bigger wall that will separate the two countries. As the flow of remittances are growing larger the number of apprehended immigrants are growing as well. (42)

This article relates to migration and remittances, since remittances make up a small portion of Mexico's GDP. With fears of bigger wall being built, certain data has been showing a reaction to the proposal. For instance, a larger number of immigrants are being apprehended at the border. With border patrol security getting tighter, this may be a sign of global governance. (61)

Title: The Keystone XL pipeline has won approval in Nebraska

The Keystone XL pipeline being forced to move east of their preferred route, cost of operation may not be as beneficial compared to the cost analysis. 2015 President Obama declined the proposal of the pipeline, as soon as President Trump came into office he was with full motivation to allow the pipeline to pass with the benefit of jobs being created.  (61)

Keystone XL relates to the recent case study we have been reviewing. When the pipeline was first proposed, environmentalist along with citizens were concerned with the environmental damage that will occur, this was the same reaction that the Talamanca community has with the coal mining proposal.  (46) 

post #10 , (November 27,2017)

Title: Why Donald Trump's wall won't keep heroin out of America

With President Trump's proposal to build a new border wall he finds that it could be the solution for the growing health epidemic of heroin use. But as data has shown, little will change in the trade volume of heroin with the increased amount of border patrol officers. (48)

With drug use being a global governance issue, the solution of building a wall to prevent drug trafficking may be a threat to united states tax payers. With this article being an example of a hands-on government approach through the expression of fiscal spending, the long-term benefits of a wall may diminish. (52)