The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

The Book The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli Introduction The book The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade by Pietra Rivoli tells a story about the processes a t-shirt goes through before and after it becomes a finished product (Rivoli, 2005). The author creatively uses a t-shirt to analyze the issues involved in international business. In this case, the story of a t-shirt explains different political, social and economic factors that take place in international business (Rivoli, 2005). For this reason, it is valuable to compare this book with the book International Business by Charles Hill to find out if they have a correlation. Therefore, this report aims at analyzing how this book relates to international business and what it teaches the readers about international business.