There are two ways that international competition can reduce wages. Both are effects of globalisation.
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Smaller companies are failing to move quickly into overseas sales. It may be time for government to put its money where its mouth is.
The governments move to include low-value online bought goods in the GST doesn’t treat overseas and local sellers in the same way.
The Social Medwork is a website that promises patients legal access to medicines from overseas. How does it work? What are the risks? And why are patients turning to it to access the drugs they need?
The control of imported goods is a quick fix that doesn’t resolve fundamental economic problems. It must be accompanied by a policy focus on macroeconomic issues, labour and agriculture.
The protest by Zimbabweans against police road blocks and banned imports highlights a new political economy that is rising on the back of informalisation of the economy.
A weak pound might be good for exports but it is bad news for the investment that the economy is based on.
Why those who want to lean on imperial relations should think again.
Small importers rely on the seller being liable for any import duty - but that situation is being eroded.
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Associate Professor, Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Enterprise, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Assistant Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society // CEO MarFishEco Fisheries Consultant Ltd, Heriot-Watt University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Lecturer, School of Taxation ＆ Business Law, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Clinical Professor of International Business; Director, Center for Global Business Studies; Associate Dean for International Programs, Penn State
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Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
