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          The author and economist talks about the way global trade has changed since she wrote her ground-breaking book on the way T-shirts get made and sold....

          While my T-shirt's life story is certainly influenced by competitive economic markets, the key events in the T-shirt's life are less about competitive markets.

        1. In , author Pietra Rivoli attended a Washington, D.C. demonstration against globalization.
        2. The author and economist talks about the way global trade has changed since she wrote her ground-breaking book on the way T-shirts get made and sold.
        3. Georgetown University economist Pietra Rivoli spent five years studying what T-shirts can teach us about the global economy and its impact.
        4. Rivoli mentions Obama's support in his Pietra Rivoli introduces political characters that represent viewpoints of the U.S. trade industry.

          5. CIAO DATE: 07/06

          Global Issues

           

          The Travels of a T-Shirt

          Pietra Rivoli

          It all started at a 1999 World Trade Organization meeting. An activist protester asked Pietra Rivoli, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, "Who made your T-shirt?" In her quest to find the answer, Rivoli traveled to China, Texas, and Tanzania experiencing firsthand the complexities of the global economy.

          She tells the story in her book The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. In the following article, she reflects on her experiences and marvels at how trade has the power to pull diverse peoples together.

          When I decided to follow my T-shirt around the world, what I wanted most of all was to tell a great story.

          I didn't start out trying to prove a point or convey a lesson, though lessons surely emerged from my travels. I just had a sense that this very simple thing had