Yang Guifei, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China and beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, mounting a horse.
Artist: Qian Xuan (1235–1305 AD).
May 5, 2025
Misrepresentations About International Trade:
The Case of Apple’s iPhone
AUGUST 25, 2023
India As a Global Supply Chain Partner and Market for Incoming FDI: Benefits, Concerns, and Obstacles
APRIL 14, 2023
Premature Schadenfreude Directed at the US Dollar
JUNE 23, 2022
Reshaping International Operations for a Carbon-Neutral Future – Keynote Speech
6th ECUST-USF International Conference – June 9-10, 2022
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The US-China Business Relationship: “Bi-Polar”? Or a Stabilizing Pillar of the World Economy? A Video Lecture
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
A Decline in US Manufacturing Because of Globalization and China?
Don’t Believe This Fake News
OCTOBER 14, 2020
The Quarreling Couple That Still Needs to Dance Together:
A Webinar Addressing US-China Rivalry and Cooperation
AUGUST 29, 2020 – UPDATE
What Is Socialism?
Why I Changed the Subtitle of My Previous Post
AUGUST 12, 2020
India and Its Role in International Business:
The Sleeping Giant Is Still Waking from Its Overregulated Past
APRIL 2020
What Does “Flattening the Curve” Mean? Will It Also Flatten the Global Economy?
MARCH 2020
Quick Update: The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession
The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession
AUGUST 2019
Trump Administration Labels China a “Currency Manipulator”: What’s behind the accusation, and who’s right?
JANUARY 2019
Advantages and Drawbacks of Undervalued Versus Overvalued Currencies
OCTOBER 2018
What Is “Dumping”?
Does China Systematically Force US Companies to Reveal Their Secrets?
JULY 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
APRIL 2018
TEN QUICK FACTS ABOUT US TRADE:
Deficits, Dumping, and Discords
Related: WWMS? (What Would Milton Say?)
NOVEMBER 2017
India Jumps 30 Places Higher in World Bank Rankings: Update on “Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China”
OCTOBER 2017
Xinhua Interviews Farok Contractor about China’s Economic Growth: October 10, 2017
SEPTEMBER 2017
Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China
JULY 7, 2017
Globalization Continues – And Multinationals Play by Rules Set by Other Nations (Despite What Trump Says)
MAY 2017
What Is Globalization? How to Measure It and Why Many Oppose It (Part 1)
MARCH 2017
What’s at Stake in China-US Relations? An Estimate of Jobs and Money Involved in the Bilateral Economic Tie
Four Salient Facts about the Chinese Yuan
JANUARY 2017
What’s at Stake in China-US Relations? Job and Money Calculations Under Various (Trumpian) Scenarios [Updated March 10, 2017]
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