1. Trends in Global Business

2. Trends in Global Business
Globalization
Global Decrease of Trade Barriers and Increase of Free Trade
Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalization
Pew Opinion Poll
New Tendencies of Protectionism

3. Trends in Global Business
Populism
Long History in Latin America
Recent Phenomenon in Europe, specifically Italy, Sweden, Hungary, and Poland
Populism in the in U.S.?
New Tendencies of Ethnocentrism in Europe
Migration Crisis in Europe
Current State of the Migration Crisis in Europe?

4. Trends in Global Business
Decreasing Power of WTO
Trump: US will quit World Trade Organization unless it 'shapes up ...
Increasing Skepticism about free markets
Capitalism’s Waning Popularity
China’s Leadership and Capitalism
Fewer Americans See China Favorably

5. Trends in Global Business
Forces Driving Global Integration:
Countries Embracing a Free Market Economy
Regional Trade Agreements
Political Changes towards Democracy
Homogenous Consumer
Telecommunication Technology
Global Competition

6. Trends in Global Business
Forces Restraining Global Integration:
Countries critical of Free Market Economy
Political Changes away from Democracy
Populism
Ethnocentrism
Economic and Social Turmoil

7. Trends in Global Business
Increasing Skepticism of Regional Trade Areas
EU, NAFTA or USMCA
BREXIT
Disappointment of Regional Trade Areas
ASEAN, MERCOSUR
Increasing Importance Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Agreements
Overview of U.S. Trade Agreements

8. Trends in Global Business
Large Emerging Markets such as China, Russia. India, and Brazil
Russia’s Oil Wealth, Dutch Disease, and Crumbling Democracy
India’s two worlds

9. Environmental—Economic
Trends in Global Business
Sustainability
Economic—Social
Ethical business practices
Fair trade
Worker’s rights
“Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
Environmental—Economic
Energy efficiency
Less pollution
Environmental-Social
Environmental justice
Stewards of the environment
Adapted from UNLV Urban Sustainability Initiative Presentation

10. Trends in Global Business
Sustainability: Fact or Fiction?
Fair Trade
What is Fair Trade?
A Tesla for the U.S.
What is the U.S. electricity generation by energy source?
What is the Nevada electricity generation by energy source?
Are You Saving the Environment by Driving a Tesla
A Diesel for Europe
Critical evaluation of the European diesel car boom

11. Trends in Global Business Increasing Divide Between Rich and Poor
Gini Index:
Forget the 1%

12. r ˃ g (r = rate of return on capital and g = rate of growth of economy)
„When the rate of return on capital significantly exceeds the growth rate of the economy (as it did through much of history until the nineteenth century and as is likely to be the case again in the twenty-first century), then it logically follows that inherited wealth growth faster than output and income“ Piketty, Thomas (2014), Capital in the twentyfirst Century, p. 26, Cambridge: the Bellnap Press of Harvard University.
The Importance of Inheritance (France)

13. Trends in Global Business
Aging Population in most Developed Countries and China
Aching Health Care and Retirement Systems
Aching Health Care System: U.S. Perspective
Why is the US health spending so high?
U.S. Health Care Data

14. Trends in Global Business
Offshore Outsourcing of highly skilled labor
Deflationary Forces Driven by New Market Economies
Low Real Interest Rates due to Global Saving Glut
Large Trade Imbalances

15. Trends in Global Business
Perspective of the National Intelligence Council: Global Trends 2030