Re: Re: Re: Free Trade Game

2002-02-04 Thread Peter Dorman

Oops.  I apologize to the assembled multitude -- didn't check to see whether
the message was off-list.

Peter

Peter Dorman wrote:

> You got it.
>
> Peter
>
> Robert Scott Gassler wrote:
>
> > Sounds cool. How do I get one?
> >
> > Scott




Re: Re: Free Trade Game

2002-02-04 Thread Peter Dorman

You got it.

Peter

Robert Scott Gassler wrote:

> Sounds cool. How do I get one?
>
> Scott
>
> At 20:31 31/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
> >I am able to announce, at long last, that I have finished the "shipping"
> >version of Rice and Beans, a game I developed to demonstrate the
> >critique of orthodox trade theory and its significance for the
> >trade/environment debate.  (The same critique is easily extended to the
> >trade/labor debate.)  The game is not especially fun to play -- it
> >consists of six rounds, each illustrating a trade-and-regulation
> >scenario -- and a lot of numbers get concocted and added up, but it does
> >take players rather far into a stylized Post Keynesian universe
> >(unemployment, imbalanced trade) in which a race to the bottom is a real
> >possibility.  It is suitable for groups of 10-50 or so, and it takes
> >about two hours to play, including the final discussion.  It has been
> >classroom-tested.  (Please, no criticism from People for the Ethical
> >Treatment of Students.)
> >
> >The game is contained in three files, available as WordPerfect or pdf: a
> >six-page handount distributed to all players, one-page forms for players
> >playing key roles, and a three-page user guide.
> >
> >Ask (offline) and ye shall receive.
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >



User Guide.pdf
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Handout.pdf
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Forms.pdf
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