In the Culture, Markets, and Economic Systems essay i found the most informative and intriguing part was the talk about the advantages and challenges of emerging markets. It opened up new doors for my understanding of how emerging markets can grow at faster rates than well developed nations. Applying this information to my current knowledge on global markets got me thinking about the current fiscal stability of china. Gives me a new outlook on how they are catching up to the industrialized world and how there current growth rate will be from my perspective slowing down in the near future.