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APRIL 2020

What Does “Flattening the Curve” Mean? Will It Also Flatten the Global Economy?

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MARCH 2020

Quick Update: The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession

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The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession

Social Isolation

JANUARY 2020

Congratulations, AIB President-Elect Farok Contractor

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NOVEMBER 2019

Six Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving

Yale Podcast: Where Do Brexit and Anti-Globalization Sentiments Come From?

Farok Contractor Receives a Silver Medal from JIBS

AUGUST 2019

Trump Administration Labels China a “Currency Manipulator”: What’s behind the accusation, and who’s right?

JULY 2019

From Bombay to Baltimore: Was the American national anthem composed on a ship built in India at the Wadia Shipyard? (Updated and Revised Post)

JANUARY 2019

 Advantages and Drawbacks of Undervalued Versus Overvalued Currencies

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Is the Indian Rupee Undervalued or Overvalued? What Purchasing Power Parity Theory Tells Us

 

NOVEMBER 2018

The Globalization of Thanksgiving Day

How a Two-Minute Speech of Only 272 Words Uttered by Abraham Lincoln Is Relevant for the World Today

OCTOBER 2018

What Is “Dumping”?

Does China Systematically Force US Companies to Reveal Their Secrets?

AUGUST 2018

Tax Avoidance by Multinational Companies: Methods, Policies, and Ethics
(Updated from the May 5, 2016 Post on August 29, 2018)

Does Just One Product – the iPhone – Cause an $11 Billion Trade Deficit for the US?

The US-China Trade Spat: How the Public, Media, and Politicians Can Be Deceived by Data

The US-China Trade Spat: My Interview with Xinhua – June 18, 2018

JUNE 2018

The “Star-Spangled Banner” and an Early Example of Outsourcing: The American National Anthem Was Composed on a Ship Built in India

APRIL 2018

TEN QUICK FACTS ABOUT US TRADE: Deficits, Dumping, and Discords
(Fact No. 9 Updated in the “Dumping” Post on October 23, 2018)

Related: WWMS? (What Would Milton Say?)

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