Globalization

We Are Winning On Trade -- Pick Your Candidate

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

If a Democrat wins the presidency, she or he will have, generally speaking, staked out a position on trade that begins to move us away from the disaster of Republican and Democratic trade policy over the past several decades.

Just What We Don't Need - Another Free Trade Agreement

James P. Hoffa | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business


James P. Hoffa

American workers don't want deals like NAFTA, CAFTA and PNTR. They've seen through the false promises that "free trade" will create more exports, better jobs and better wages.

Global Citizens

Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.07.2007 | Living


Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger

As technology continues to break down borders, young people are readily embracing it. Armed with this new global perspective, youth are challenging their peers and their governments on global issues.

We Are Losing the War on Vagueness

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.27.2007 | Media


Lionel Beehner

With the New Year upon us, let's pledge to put a moratorium in 2008 on a number of worn-out expressions, old ideas, and empty phrases. Please. In the words of Jon Stewart: "Stop hurting America."

Thanksgiving Was More Than Giving Thanks

Michelle Renee | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living


Michelle Renee

For the first Thanksgiving in my life I was thinking of all the people, some possibly from across the globe with varied ethnic backgrounds, and the amazing grace of God that brought this food before me.

A CAT-Scan of the Global Brain (Part 4)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living


Deepak Chopra

Our planet is slowly dying because divisions between states and peoples generates a lethal form of competition.

How to Write About Terrible Things: An Interview With Dan Hoyle, Author and Performer of Tings Dey Happen.

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment


Justin Hudnall

Thankfully, there are artists like Dan Hoyle, a white guy who went to Nigeria on a Fulbright Scholarship to make a play about oil politics and globalization.

Why Market Leaders Don't Listen to Investment Bankers

Charles H. Green | Posted 11.05.2007 | Business


Charles H. Green

Every time you break up a function and parcel it out to more people over less time, two things happen. Greater efficiencies--and less relationships.

Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality

Rep. John B. Larson | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics


Rep. John B. Larson

Americans want to be exposed to the opportunities that a changing world can offer. For that to happen, government must focus on its core responsibilities.

The Great Retraining Lie

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

Workers should not have to accept the notion that massive job losses and a hammering down of wages is a natural consequence of "globalization."

A CAT-Scan of the Global Brain

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.29.2007 | Living


Deepak Chopra

The best American brains haven't been in charge recently, yet that hasn't stopped the exponential growth of intelligence elsewhere.

Will Democrats Follow John Edwards On Trade--And Win Elections?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

Aside from the ethical and moral opposition to so-called "free trade," Edwards is making a very smart political choice for the Democratic Party.

There Are No Individual Solutions...Or Are There?....Ancient Lessons Meet Globalization

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living


Karen Kisslinger

Standing in my backyard, I know that the threats to global environmental health and justice are endless, but I vow to act as if my actions could end them all. That is the commitment that each individual can make.

Somebody Has the Upper Hand, But It Isn't the American Farmer

Nancy Scola | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Nancy Scola

U.S. agriculture subsidies are in some ways the worst of both worlds. They weaken the ability of Caribbean farmers to compete, and they're not helpful for American farmers either.

Toxic Trade

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.12.2007 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Is this who we are? People forced to routinely search our freezers for toxic shrimp and our bedrooms for toxic toys?

Why the "Free Trade" Agenda is Losing Steam

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

the last three decades of foreign commercial policy have been a net loss for the vast majority of Americans.

India Outsourcing to --- the U.S.?

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business


Tom Alderman

Connecting with customers pocketbooks is a good thing; connecting customers with helpful human experience on the other end of the phone is a better thing.

Outsourcing and the UAW Strike

Ian Welsh | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business


Ian Welsh

Here's what you need to know about the UAW strike against GM -- it was about two things: labor arbitrage and health care.


 

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