1. The Controversy over the WTO
One of the most controversial global institutions
is the World Trade Organization. Visit the WTO website at
http://www.wto.org/ and
find the list of 10 benefits of the WTO trading system. Then
visit the Global Exchange website at
http://www.globalexchange.org/ and
find its list of the Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the World Trade Organization.
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List five arguments that support and
five that oppose the WTO.
2. Globalization and Sweatshop Labor
Read "
In
Praise of Cheap Labor" by Paul Krugman at
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=1918.
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Does Krugman believe that the purchase
of foreign "sweatshop" products by U.S. manufacturers is an adverse effect
of globalization? Explain.
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According to this article, what happened
to the average per capita daily calorie consumption of Indonesian residents
between 1970 and the late 1990s?
