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When tracking technological innovation, pay attention not so much to what is new as to what is ready to take off , as IFTF Distinguished Fellow Bob Johansen likes to say. By that measure, we’re officially entering the decade when 3D printing — think printing objects — fulfills the promise that makers, programmers, and geeks have been forecasting for the last twenty years. 3D printing is slowly but surely moving beyond the realm of high-end design and factory shops, and entering the consciousness of technology lead-users — those in cities around the world who are most likely to adopt new tools, start new businesses, and champion new movements. Three years ago IFTF published a forecast on The Future of Making , which looked at the future of the DIY movement. We highlighted the democratization of access to new tools and open-source everything (along with eco-motivation and a quest for authenticity) as key drivers of the future of making.

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The Heckscher–Ohlin model ( H–O model ) is a general equilibrium mathematical model of international trade , developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin at the Stockholm School of Economics . It builds on David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage by predicting patterns of commerce and production based on the factor endowments of a trading region. The model essentially says that countries will export products that use their abundant and cheap factor(s) of production and import products that use the countries' scarce factor(s). [ 1 ] [ edit ] Features of the model Relative endowments of the factors of production ( land , labor , and capital ) determine a country's comparative advantage.

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Measuring the Gains from Trade under Monopolistic Competition , Presented as a “State of the Art” lecture to the Canadian Economics Association, May 29, 2009. Consistent Comparisons of Real Incomes across Time and Space , joint with Hong Ma and D.S. Prasada Rao, forthcoming in Macroeconomic Dynamics.

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GOLD continues to fascinate. It passed $1500 a troy ounce yesterday and is up again today, setting another nominal high. Many commentators dismiss the trend as a bubble including Breaking views which said yesterday that Precious metals can't be both safe havens and speculative plays.

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