Schiller, Prof. Dr Karl, (24 April 1911–26 Dec. 1994), Member of Deutscher Bundestag, 1965–72; Professor of Political Economy, University of Hamburg, and Director of Institute for Foreign Trade and Overseas Economy, 1947–72; Member, Ford European Advisory Council, since 1976

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Deutscher Bundestag

Expanding Trade

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-61
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Delton
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Slippery Slope ◽  
Tariff Reform ◽  
Norms And Values

This chapter takes a look at how the expansion of foreign trade was the original impetus for the National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) creation and would remain a critical focus of the organization's activities throughout the twentieth century. NAM's efforts in this area contributed significantly to the development of international capitalism, otherwise known as “globalization.” But it was not smooth sailing. Many NAM members relied on the protective tariff and opposed any kind of reform to it, which they regarded as a “slippery slope” to free trade. Nor was the Republican Party, with which NAM had the most influence, interested in tariff reform. NAM leadership fully supported tariffs, but it also advocated tariff reforms designed to encourage trade, and in this regard it was uncomfortably in alignment with the Democratic Party. So NAM's work in this area was significant less for its influence on government, and more for introducing and acclimating its members to the new norms and values of multinational, internationalist capitalism, thus bringing a largely conservative and parochial clientele into the modern political economy. A forgotten by-product of its efforts was the promotion of and appreciation for cultural diversity and international cooperation.

The Political Economy of Population Counts in Ottoman Palestine: Nablus, circa 1850

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beshara B. Doumani
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
The Political ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Population Count ◽  
Dark Ages ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Population Counts ◽  
New Evidence

New evidence, culled from the Nablus advisory council (majlis al-shūrā) records and based on an actual Ottoman population count taken in December 1849, indicates that the city's population at that time numbered at least 20,000 people, more than twice the frequently cited figure of 8,000–9,000. This revision raises serious doubts about the veracity of hitherto commonly accepted population figures, most of them based on contemporary estimates by Western observers, for the various regions of Palestine during the first three-quarters of the 19th century. Moreover, when compared to available data for Nablus from the 16th and the late 19th centuries, it seems that the pattern of Nablus's demographic development differs from what the proponents of Ottoman decline and modernization theses have argued.2 Instead of decreasing during the so-called dark ages of Ottoman decline in the 17th and 18th centuries, Nablus's population increased significantly; and instead of growing robustly during the so-called period of modernization in the second half of the 19th century, it appears to have leveled off.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Rise Global Supply Chains on the New Tendencies in the Contemporary Foreign Trade Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zdzisław W. Puślecki
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Foreign Trade Policy ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Impact

The main aim of the article is indication of impact of the rise global supply chains on the new tendencies in contemporary foreign trade policy. The subject of the discussion and theoretical contribution in the undertaken research program is presents new tendencies in international trade—the rise of global supply chains, the impact of the rise global supply chains on the political economy of trade and countries motivations for cooperating on trade policies and the rise of global supply chains and increasing importance of bilateral agreements in the foreign trade policy. It is important to underline that a few multinational firms are responsible for a major share of world trade and for the rise of global supply chains. On the one hand, these firms should support regulatory harmonization across different Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) in order to lower trade costs. On the other hand, they might also resist harmonization—and encourage certain non-tariff measures—in order to prevent new competitors from entering markets. This may partly explain the persistence of regulatory divergence, and suggests that the political economy of regulatory convergence, especially in the conditions of the rise global supply chains, may be more important and more complex than is sometimes suggested. 

scholarly journals The political economy of reforms and the present Chinese transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIAS JABBOUR ◽  
ALEXIS DANTAS
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Chinese Transition

ABSTRACT The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate, through a review of China’s economic reforms, that the emergence of a large private sector and the increased sophistication and diversification of industry has required the continual reorganization of activities between the state and private sectors of the economy. We argue in this paper that the state began to play a major role in important industries and in big finance, as well as in the coordination and socialization of investment, such as economic policy (monetary and fiscal), foreign trade and, especially, the launch of new and higher forms of economic planning.

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