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This course examines one of the most powerful—and most misunderstood—forces shaping the modern world. From the goods we use every day to the structure of entire economies, the fruits of global trade have transformed how people produce, specialize, and prosper. This course explores why trade works, how it evolved across civilizations, and what it reveals about the nature of wealth creation and human cooperation.
Blending economic principles with historical analysis, the course challenges zero-sum views of trade, protectionist myths, and the recurring fear that globalization impoverishes nations. It shows how voluntary exchange, specialization, and comparative advantage drive progress across borders—and how political intervention, from tariffs to industrial policy, distorts those benefits. The result is a principled framework for understanding globalization not as a threat to national prosperity, but as a profound expression of human rationality, productivity, and freedom in action.
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This course examines one of the most powerful—and most misunderstood—forces shaping the modern world. From the goods we use every day to the structure of entire economies, the fruits of global trade have transformed how people produce, specialize, and prosper. This course explores why trade works, how it evolved across civilizations, and what it reveals about the nature of wealth creation and human cooperation.
Blending economic principles with historical analysis, the course challenges zero-sum views of trade, protectionist myths, and the recurring fear that globalization impoverishes nations. It shows how voluntary exchange, specialization, and comparative advantage drive progress across borders—and how political intervention, from tariffs to industrial policy, distorts those benefits. The result is a principled framework for understanding globalization not as a threat to national prosperity, but as a profound expression of human rationality, productivity, and freedom in action.
Register here » learn.aynrand.org/courses/globalization-who-needs-it
Subscribe to ARI’s YouTube channel to make sure you never miss a video:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
Download or stream free courses on Ayn Rand’s works and ideas with the Ayn Rand Institute app:
– App Store itunes.apple.com/us/app/ayn-rand-university/id1452535178?mt=8
– Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aynrandu
ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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