Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, Indium, Invisible Hand
16 Apr 2013
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4 relevant academic sources, including 1 book: try and get 15 sources, 10 recommended. Counterarguments: limitations to the argument you are making: generate a discussion. Forget structure from last year: doesn"t have to be 3 clear arguments; can be related. The iphone and its related to international trade: average sale price: 560, different countries responsible for producing portions of the iphone, manufactured mainly by a taiwanese country in china. 14$ goes to this manufacturer who makes the iphone. Apples cut is 368$ after paying out patent, etc. Apples marketing makes them a lot of money] Apple is not the major technological developer. July 2010: foxconn shuts indian plant as 250 staff fall ill. May 2010: 9th worker death at iphone firm foxconn. Feb 2011: 1 million workers, 90 million iphones, 17 suicides. Sept 2011: foxconn halts production at plant after mass brawl. But: see factory girls; from village to city in a changing china: leslie chang- 2009.
