now, in 2020 when the world is chaging from globalization to protectionism, some people PERCIEVE that globalization hasn't brought benefits to overall world, they see winers and losers, they think countries with surplus are more competitive than the ones with deficit, and so on with other topics. It was very useful taking this course bcs now, I not only changed this point of view but I can now demostrate why globalization is a win-win, when you net all countries engaged (all its connected: exchange rates, trade, payments balance and immigration). thanks to the instructor, she was very clear when teaching. even in my college those concepts were not totally entrenched