The silk road is described as a 5000 mile stretch…

Suppliers of currency tend to be more elastic in the short run. 

The first meal we see the boys cook/eat is: 

The corruption charges against Mr. Colom surround:

The world’s volume of trade has been decreasing over time. 

Spain has a trade surplus. This most likely means that the Current Account has a positive balance.  

People can own property in Burma. But property rights are insecure and government can seize private property at any time. 

South Africa is considered by the United Nations to be a developed nation like Germany and Canada. 

GDP per capita is useful but does not tell us very much about other variables in a country, for example, life expectancy. There is little correlation.  

The World Bank tracks the number of people who live on less than the equivalent of $2 a day. This is an example of tracking relative poverty.