The Global Marketplace: Business Without Borders

As a modern consumer, you can buy practically any product from anywhere in the world. Thanks to globalization, the entire world is interconnected as one giant marketplace. But what are the costs of this convenience? This series makes sense of the recent crisis and the global financial system. It explores the fundamentals of investing, lending and borrowing, globalisation, the economic cycle and more. Special features include diagrams and graphs and suggestions for further research, as well as examples that help students to better understand their own role in the global marketplace.