Globalization

The Loudest Duck

Laura Liswood | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Laura Liswood

Diverse companies can be much better and more creative, much more profitable and able to succeed globally, only if they are aware and conscious of all we bring in preconceived notions of who others are.

"Did You Know?" Tracks Progress Of Information Technology (VIDEO)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology


Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod's "Shift Happens (Did You Know?)" series tracks the progression of globalization and information technology in a way that...

Revisiting No Logo, Ten Years Later

Naomi Klein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Naomi Klein

As the new edition of my book No Logo comes out, it feels like a 'movement moment' once again. A new wave of exciting climate justice activism is underway in the lead up to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

7 Great Books By Economists

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books


There's a major panel discussion going on today in Washington, D.C. called "The Next Stage," in which economists are coming together to discuss the pr...

Hickory, N.C.: How One Town Has Been Ravaged By Globalization

Peter Whoriskey | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


HICKORY, N.C. -- The expansion of global trade may enrich the United States, as economists say, but it has overwhelmed this manufacturing area beside ...

Media Literacy 101: Losing Our Ability to Listen to the World (in English)

Susan Moeller | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


Susan Moeller

The decision to allow Web addresses to be written completely in non-Latin alphabets isn't just a huge deal for most of Asia, the Middle East and wide swaths of the rest of the world. It's a huge deal for Americans.

Perfect Desertion

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

The politics of the President and the Congress, influenced by the politics of the financial community, brews into the perfect desertion.

Shrinking Dollar Sets Off Alarms Overseas, But Helps US

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home


The dramatic decline of the U.S. dollar is aiding the American economic recovery but setting off alarm bells overseas, with corporate executives, poli...

Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

Back to the Roots: Entrepreneurship and Global Competition

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

The very rich and the very poor exist under capitalism and communism. We must look to the middle class, and its size and growth, to see the secret of capitalism.

Out of Afghan, Into Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Sen. Fritz Hollings

Washington obscures the Trade War by calling it globalization. Globalization is nothing more than a trade war with production looking for countries cheaper to produce.

Can Obama Redefine the "Real" in Realpolitik? The Nobel Committee Is Betting That He Can

Mark Levine | Posted 10.12.2009 | World


Mark Levine

It is up to Obama to use the Prize as an opening to pursue truly transformational policies on the world stage regardless of the potential political cost to him.

How The Middle Class Got Squeezed: Charles Hugh Smith

DailyFinance | Charles Hugh Smith | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


The current recession has stoked deep-seated fears about a declining middle class. A great collective anxiety about such a decline has been floating a...

On the Politics of Giving and Receiving -- Obama and the Peace Prize

MJR Montoya | Posted 10.12.2009 | World


MJR Montoya

During the Nobel ceremonies, President Obama should graciously re-gift the prize, and he should instead recast it as recognition of those who have suffered through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


Tracy L. Barnett

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.

Rio Wins! Good News for the Global South

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

Countries like Brazil are now in a position to compete successfully in the athletic events that comprise the Games, and also to provide the venue for the competition.

Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business


Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

Remembering 1989, Diversity in Post-Communist Europe

Barry D. Wood | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


Barry D. Wood

Today, nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, freedom and diversity are the realities in post-communist Europe.

One Troop

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

For now, we can solve the problems of our fiscal and trade deficits by eliminating the corporate income tax and replacing it with a 3% value added tax. This actually cuts taxes and raises more revenue.

Message to World at the G-20 Summit: Don't Depend on a Strong U.S. Recovery to Bail You Out

Rob Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Rob Shapiro

Prospects for a strong U.S. recovery are slim, especially one strong enough to help the rest of the world. And that will be the biggest, unspoken disappointment at this week's G-20 meetings.

Key Senators, Krugman Call for Tariffs on High-Carbon-Footprint Imports

Mike Elk | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

In the wake of the China tire-import decision, we have heard a lot of rhetoric falsely labeling it as the beginning of a trade war. It is not. Workers around the world are engaged in an effort to protect themselves.

Obama vs. Krugman: Five Reasons the President's Right on Carbon Tariffs

Jake Colvin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


Jake Colvin

President Obama and Congress must make sure that U.S. climate policy efforts encourage other countries to reduce their carbon emissions and spur global demand for U.S. clean energy technologies.

No More Cuts! Keep Foreign Languages in Schools

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

At stake is nothing less than our ability to compete successfully in the raw global arena, and one of the deciding factors will be American professionals' ability to speak strategic foreign languages.

Health Care Reform is the New Gay Marriage

Morgan Warners | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media


Morgan Warners

Gay marriage and our increasingly obvious interconnectedness present threats to traditions and ways of doing things that many of us think should change. In that regard, health reform is the new gay marriage.

Economic 9-11: Did Lehman Brothers Fall or Was It Pushed?

Ellen Brown | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


Ellen Brown

Why was Bear Stearns saved from bankruptcy but Lehman Brothers was not? How could the decision makers not realize the dire consequences of letting Lehman go down?