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The exchange rate bewteen the USD and Guatemalan Quetzal was $.132/Qz but then changed to $.141/Qz. This shows a weakening of the Guatemalan Quetzal against the USD. 

Country X has a gini coefficient of .19 and from this we can infer that: 

Both tariffs and quotas have the same effect…they will increase the supply of the import. 

In order to maximize the “economic pie”…tasks should be divided based on: 

The interdependence in the EMU between the small, weaker nations and the large, stable nations meant that irresponsible behavior of countries like Greece and Italy could impact countries like Germany.  

Many experts discuss re-shoring. This is the idea that jobs are returning to the USA. 

In order to receive the financial assistance that Greece needed, they had to agree to what were called “austerity” measures… 

Creative destruction is a term given to the idea that:  

A Lorenz curve shows the distribution of income for a country. 

Steve Jobs also suggests that China “lures” foreign firms to move operations to China. For example, to entice American firms to do their production in China, these Chinese companies…