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Economics

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What Is Monetary Policy?
From inflation to interest rates, understand the basics of monetary policy, currencies, and the flow of money in the global economy with this introductory video. 
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Foreign Investment 101
What is foreign investment, and what does it have to do with trade? An economics expert explains.
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How Trade Rules Are Written
The WTO system is the foundation of modern global trade. But as trade becomes more connected, with new challenges constantly emerging, trade agreements are adapting in order to keep up.
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What Gets in the Way of Free Trade?
A world with free trade yields net benefits for all participants. But that world does not actually exist— countries impose free-trade roadblocks for a number of reasons.

Learning Journeys

A learning journey is a student facing, curated collection of resources that explore a topic from a specific perspective.

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How Does Trade Work?

Take a trip down the Silk Road and across centuries of global trade to learn how current practices still face the same historical challenges.

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Monetary Policy: Economic Statecraft

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the various economic tools countries can use to help achieve their foreign policy goals.

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Trade: Trade Wars

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand trade relations between the United States and China.

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Trade: Policy

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the ways in which trade can be used as part of foreign policy.

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Trade: Introduction

Explore this collection of learning resources to understand international trade.