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Information and Application

Thinking Globally:
Effective Lessons for Teaching about the Interdependent World Economy
March 21st, 2006
Campus Center 214
SUNY Canton

Marcellina Hamilton, Director, Canton Center for Economic Education

 

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Agenda

Welcome -Pauline Graveline, Dean, Liberal Studies & Support Services

Education in the Caribbean - Professor P. Hamilton

  • Lesson I: Ten Basic Questions about Globalization
  • Lesson II: What is the International Monetary Fund and What Does it Do?
  • Lesson III: Why People Trade
  • Lesson IV: Absolute Advantage and Comparative Advantage
  • Lesson V: "Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! Why Do We Need the WHO?"
  • Lesson VI: Why Are Some Nations Wealthy?
  • Lesson VII: Foreign Currencies and Foreign Exchange
  • Lesson VIII: Working with Foreign Exchange Rates

Evaluation

Distribution of Certificates

 

This workshop was sponsored by the IMF center in partnership with the National Council on Economic Education and the support of SUNY Canton.

 

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