In business, it is customary to praise individualistic competition and denigrate collective bargaining in all forms. However, in the Hanseatic League, we clearly see an example of merchants working together for mutual success over a period of three hundred years! What lessons are we to learn from this? Are there prospects for more merchant leagues in an increasingly globalized economy?

Outline your thoughts on these questions in ten sentences minimum, and post them in the discussion. Then selectthree fellow students posts for peer review and critique their comments without the use of flattery.