This article deals with three propositions pertaining to U.S.-Chinese dispute over the trade imbalance between them: that the Chinese currency is undervalued, that this undervaluation is the cause of the trade imbalance, and that Chinese policies are immoral and illegal according to...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of a rise in defense spending on key macroeconomic variables since September 11, 2001. For examining the effects of the rise in defense spending, empirical models were developed for GDP, employment, trade deficit, and budget deficit. In...

Despite a significant decline in the value of the dollar, the U.S. trade imbalance has almost doubled in the past three years indicating that the Marshall-Lerner condition is not applicable. Continued political pressure to devalue the dollar may result in the end of the de facto dollar standard...