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Self-tutoring about business and economics: the tutor mentions Italy. Italy seems to have run a trade deficit in 2022, but a surplus from 2012 until then. In 2020, Italy’s biggest export was packaged medicaments. To my understanding, that means medicines …
Self-tutoring about economics and business: the tutor looks at the difference between balance of trade and balance of payments. The following is my understanding of balance of trade and balance of payments: Balance of trade is contained in balance of …
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Self-tutoring about economics: the tutor mentions the idea of economic complexity. A country’s economic complexity refers to the knowledge it must hold based on its exports. Source: harvard
Self-tutoring about trade: the tutor mentions Brazil. It seems Brazil has been mainly in the black, tradewise, since about 2002. It’s had some trade deficits, but more and bigger surpluses. Among its leading exports are petroleum (who knew?), iron ore, …
Self-tutoring about economics and business: the tutor continues about today’s value of the USD. In yesterday’s post I mention how the US dollar’s value compares to gold now vs in 1970. In my January 11, 2023 post I mention the …
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Self-tutoring about economics and business since 1970: the tutor looks at the changing value of the US dollar. In 1970, maybe not everyone could buy gold for US $35 per ounce, but central banks could. Today, gold is worth US …
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Self-tutoring about economics, business, and oil: the tutor begins about the US dollar. It’s hard to tell what the US federal budget was in 2021. One source says it might have been $6.8T; another, $4.8T. However, it seems easier to …
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Self-tutoring about modern economic thinking: the tutor mentions the idea of circular economy. Circular economy is the premise that waste is a material for another process. Therefore, waste isn’t thrown out; instead, it’s consumed. Source: canada.ca
Self-tutoring about economics: the tutor looks at a curious comparison. In 2020, the US budget deficit was 3.13 trillion; Canada’s GDP for that year was 1.65 trillion. That means, in rough figures, that the US government borrowed almost twice Canada’s …
Self-tutoring about the price of gas: the tutor mentions some thoughts. I filled up my wife’s car this morning. I think I recall seeing a price something like 214.9: I was surprised, even having heard it was rising. Whatever it …