Where are you Trade Leading Me?

The learning continues. I did some additional searches for global trade and found a whole series of web sites that cater to those who want to trade in other countries. Being from Canada, I did a search for Canadian trade websites and found one called NuDeal (http://www.NuDeal.com) where you can post trade leads (buy and sell offers essentially).

They offered a free membership so I signed up. I think I'll try interviewing someone by sending them a message through the site. Likely they'll ignore me as I'm not buying anything, but who knows?

I found other trade leads sites in my travels like Alibaba.com, EC21.com, and Worldbid.com as well. Looks like they are all active busy sites. It appears that people post on each of them as it is free to become a member.

I'm thinking maybe I'll end up with an Import / Export business at the end of this, buying widgets from one place and selling them to another. That could be interesting, but I don't know the first thing about how to do that, and the thought of buying something from overseas still scares me for some reason... again likely my ignorance.

Its the Global Economy Stupid

I start my journey by asking a simple question... What is the global economy? I hear that buzz word used so often it makes my head spin. I see it mentioned in print everywhere. I hear the pundits proclaiming the virtues or ills of a worldwide marketplace on cable news programs nightly. Why all the fuss?

Before I can start walking the road to understand global trade I need some type of roadmap. I decided to begin by gaining an understanding of the definition of "The Global Economy" with a Google search which returned twenty five million, five hundred thousand results in 0.31 seconds.

I found an article at: http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/global.htm that has some good information. One of the first things I learned is that the global economy is nothing new... In fact it has been around for hundreds of years. Okay, now I'm confused. Every where I look I see messages about the "new economy" or the "emerging global economy" and the like. If it isn't new, then why all the buzz?

It appears I'm not the only one questioning this. Erik Rauch who has a website at: http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~rauch/misc/globalization/ thinks the whole globalization thing is overrated at best, and horribly exaggerated at worst. I'm not sure I agree 100% with him, but that could be out of ignorance more than anything. The plot thickens.

I wonder half jokingly if there is some shadowy group out there pushing the global economy thing for some underhanded purpose... hmmm We'll this is not a consipircy blog so I'll just leave that alone for now.

The Global Economy Blog

I created this blog as an outlet for my research into the world of global trade and commerce. A boring subject perhaps? I don't think so, because as the world shrinks and the Internet grows, I believe the next two decades are going to bring amazing and very interesting changes. I plan to chronicle one person's view of these world economic events both positive and negative (in one person's opinion). I invite you to follow along and see through my eyes; the emerging global economy, country to country commerce, and how politics effects everything.

What is my education and experience in the field? Well, none frankly, but that is the point. I plan to become an expert on the subject. I do not have any pre-conceived notions of what I will discover, what my viewpoint will become, or if I'll stop blogging tomorrow and take up carpentry. What I do know is that my intentions are honorable, my morals are intact, and my naivety is rampant.