Message from aschleicher

[Anonymous]

Steven Cheung of the Los Angeles World Trade Center gave a presentation regarding trade, infrastructure, and foreign direct investment in the Los Angeles region. I was surprised that there is not more direct investment from China or South Korea. When it comes to foreign employers in the Los Angeles area, Japan is ranked number one without the mention of any other East Asian country in the top ten. The data in the summary of the 2016 and 2009 Foreign Direct Investment report for Southern California, discusses the importance of investment and employment, but both reports demonstrate a need for more investment from other East Asian countries, other than Japan.
I think this type of study can easily adapt to a 12th grade Economics course, and that "localizing" the study of economics would be of interest to students. For the 10th grade, I think a math teacher can use the data in the report for students to calculate, make projections, and create line charts and bar graphs. I would then offer a lab report style of the teaching of writing.