Mondo Merkato: Recent Episodes
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Learn about "country of association effects," or why you'll pay more or less for something based on where it is from.
Part two of our episode on the international gig economy. We explore the transnational realities for gig workers, and get some really awesome visitors, bruh!
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Growth of the Gig Economy has accelerated during COVID, and its international implications are greatly understated. In the first half of our first two-part episode, we examine the good, bad, and ugly of the future of "gigification."
In conjunction with the JASG's Netflix viewing party of the animated film "Miss Hokusai," we review the history of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and the lives of Katsushika Hokusai and his daughter Oei - the protagonist of the film.
To accompany the Netflix watch party for 'The Last Samurai', we discuss the life of Jules Brunet, the French artillery officer who in many ways
In this episode, we examine the history of the synthetic language Esperanto, and consider what it might mean for international business.
Money - everybody wants it, but really what is it? We examine money and currency, from pre-historic times into tomorrow, and talk about how human perception drives the value of money.
Blockchain is a technology that will change the global economy, but it is poorly understood. Learn the basics of blockchain and how it will change the world.
In the first episode of Mondo Merkato, a new podcast from the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research, we look into the world of Counter Trade; a commonly used but mostly not understood tool of international trade.