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  • From Bombay to Baltimore: Was the American national anthem composed on a ship built in India at the Wadia Shipyard?
    From Bombay to Baltimore: Was the American national anthem composed on a ship built in India at the Wadia Shipyard?
  • Tax Avoidance by Multinational Companies: Methods, Policies, and Ethics (Updated)
    Tax Avoidance by Multinational Companies: Methods, Policies, and Ethics (Updated)
  • How a Two-Minute Speech of Only 272 Words Uttered by Abraham Lincoln  Is Relevant for the World Today
    How a Two-Minute Speech of Only 272 Words Uttered by Abraham Lincoln  Is Relevant for the World Today
  • Advantages and Drawbacks of Undervalued Versus Overvalued Currencies
    Advantages and Drawbacks of Undervalued Versus Overvalued Currencies
  • Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China: Seven Bottlenecks to Indian Manufacturing
    Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China: Seven Bottlenecks to Indian Manufacturing
  • What Is Globalization? (Part 1): How to Measure It and Why Many Oppose It
    What Is Globalization? (Part 1): How to Measure It and Why Many Oppose It
  • Is the Indian Rupee Undervalued or Overvalued? What Purchasing Power Parity Theory Tells Us
    Is the Indian Rupee Undervalued or Overvalued? What Purchasing Power Parity Theory Tells Us
  • India and Its Role in International Business: The Sleeping Giant Is Still Waking from Its Overregulated Past
    India and Its Role in International Business: The Sleeping Giant Is Still Waking from Its Overregulated Past
  • Argentina Seems Headed for Another Currency Crisis (and Perhaps Default)
    Argentina Seems Headed for Another Currency Crisis (and Perhaps Default)

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The Purchasing Power Parity Theory Works – Illustrated by the Sad Tale of the Argentine Peso
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Professor Farok J. Contractor Named 34th President of the Academy of International Business (AIB)
MAY 19, 2021
Frontline IB Video Conversations: Farok Contractor – April 29, 2021
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Despite Some Advantages, Online Education Has a “Dark Underbelly”

DECEMBER 30, 2020
The US-China Business Relationship: “Bi-Polar”? Or a Stabilizing Pillar of the World Economy? A Video Lecture
DECEMBER 7, 2020
The World Economy Will Need Even More Globalization in the Post-Pandemic 2021 Decade
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
A Decline in US Manufacturing Because of Globalization and China? Don’t Believe This Fake News
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Argentina Seems Headed for Another Currency Crisis (and Perhaps Default)
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
JULY 10, 2020
The Argument for Globalization in a Post-COVID-19 World
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
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
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FAROK J. CONTRACTOR
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Management & Global Business

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