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The global economy: it's a small world after all

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To understand why people trade, suppose you were limited to consuming only items you could find within walking distance of your house. Or, perhaps even worse, only items you could produce yourself. For most of us, this restriction would severely diminish the variety of goods and services we enjoy on a daily basis. Therefore, the simplest answer to the question is that people (or entire countries) trade because they will enjoy a wider variety of goods.

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  • Erin A. Yetter, 2013. "The global economy: it's a small world after all," Page One Economics Newsletter, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue nov, pages 1-3, November.
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