Monday morning? No lesson plan? Try C-Span Classroom . What a mini gold mine this resource is! I had no idea C-Span Classroom existed until Julie W. posted it onto […]
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VIDEO via WSJ: How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping
As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and […]
Read MoreVIDEO via Quartz: NAFTA explained by avocados. And shoes.
Everyone hates NAFTA. But what was NAFTA actually supposed to do? Did it deliver on its promise? To understand that, you have to look at America’s relationships with two goods: […]
Read MoreVIDEO via VOX: Why Chinese Manufacturing Wins
Topics: GDP, Containerization, Shenzhen, Foreign Investment, Special Economic Zones, Tax Incentives, Free Market, Cheap Labor, Currency Manipulation, Supply Chain, Cultural Difference, Geographic distance, Manufacturing, Middle-Class, Secondary Sector, Automation, Outsourcing, neocolonialism,
Read MoreVIDEO via VOX: China’s trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to […]
Read MoreVideo: Epidemiological Transition Lecture
Epidemiological transition Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to […]
Read MoreVideo via UN: What is Sustainable Development?
United Nations – This September, countries will gather at the UN to adopt 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. So what exactly is sustainable development? How can we achieve that? […]
Read MoreVideo: The Simpsons-India Outsourcing
A breif look at the episode called Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore. Click to view.
Read MoreVideo via Wendover Productions: Big Max Economies
Big Macs: delicious (kinda), cheap (kinda), and educational (absolutely). In this episode, we look at how the economist magazine used burger prices to teach about purchasing power parity.
Read MoreLESSON PLAN: Diverted to Delhi Documentary & Video Guide
The synopsis provided by ABC TV Documentary: Diverted to Delhi looks at the Indian call centre phenomenon. It looks at how India, with no tradition of customer service, trains call centre workers to provide quality service to overseas customers. It follows university graduates attending two training courses. The graduates employed by Delhi’s cal centres have to put aside their cultural identity, modify their accent and change their name so they can converse with international customers. Most of the call centre business comes from USA and Britain but Australian interest in India is growing and an Australian training course is up and running, where Indians are introduced to the Australian vernacular courtesy of The Castle on video, It’s only a matter of time before tens of thousands of Indians will be saying “g’day mate” when they answer the phone.
Read MoreVIDEO via TedTalk: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
Ted Talk: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
Read MoreVIDEO via TEDed: Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? – Jac de Haan
A perfect video clip to have students watch after lecturing Hotelling’s principle of locational interdependence. Click the picture to view the video.
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