Globalization

We Are Winning On Trade -- Pick Your Candidate

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Class Warfare, Dennis Kucinich, Iowa, John Edwards, Globalization, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Fair Trade Democrats, Fair Trade, Politics News
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.

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

James P. Hoffa | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Smoot-Hawley Act, Nafta, Pntr, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Mr. Coffee Plant, Willis Hawley, Cafta, Globalization, Free Trade, Fdr Free Trade Agreements, Cheap Labor, Teamsters, Reed Smoot, Business News
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.

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Global Citizens

Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.07.2007 | Living

Read More: Global Change, Globalization, Young People Donations, Activism, Youth Activism, Fair Trade, Living News
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.

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We Are Losing the War on Vagueness

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.27.2007 | Media

Read More: Political Cliches, Overused Expressions, Newspaper Columnists, Robert Kaplan, Pundits, Globalization, Brian Lehrer Show, Malcolm Gladwell, Presidential Cliches, Fareed Zakaria, Naomi Wolf, Support the Troops, Charm Offensives, Jon Stewart, Tipping Point, Political Talking Points, Media News
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."

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Thanksgiving Was More Than Giving Thanks

Michelle Renee | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Globalization, Giving Thanks, Thanksgiving Food, Thanksgiving, Living News
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.

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

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Global Brain, Globalization, Deepak Chopra, Economic Equality, Nativism, Technology, Human Brain, Individualism, Colonialism, Living News
Deepak Chopra

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

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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

Read More: Tings Dey Happen, Chevron, Playwriting, Off-Broadway, Africa, Creative Community, Writing, Globalization, Theater, Artists, Oil Politics, Peace Corps, Foreign Policy, Art, Dan Hoyle, Theatre, Oil, Political Corruption, Political Correctness, Fulbright, Niger, Escravos, Nigeria, Entertainment News
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.

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Why Market Leaders Don't Listen to Investment Bankers

Charles H. Green | Posted 11.05.2007 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Globalization, Shareholders, Shareholder Value, Business Advice, Globalized Sourcing, Investment Bankers, Business News
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.

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Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality

Rep. John B. Larson | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Trade and Globalization Assistance Act, Politics News
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.

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The Great Retraining Lie

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: Peru, South Korea, Charles Rangel, Free Trade, Max Baucus, Colombia, Panama, Retraining, Globalization, Politics News
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."

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A CAT-Scan of the Global Brain

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.29.2007 | Living

Read More: Global Trends, India, China, What Determines Intellegence, Iq, Globalization, Global Brain, Shift Happens, Intelligence Factors, Living News
Deepak Chopra

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

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

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, John Edwards, Peru, Globalization, Free Trade, Democrats Free Trade, Edwards Nafta, Nafta, Politics News
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.

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

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living

Read More: How to Make a Difference, Helping the Earth, Living in the Moment, Green Gardening, Going Green, Globalization, Buddhism, Living Better, Living News
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.

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

Nancy Scola | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Agriculture, Farm Bill, Agricultural Corporations, Dick Lugar, Kent Conrad, Lugar Lautenberg Bill, Tom Harkin, Free Trade, Globalization, Protectig Farmers, Farmers Rights, Politics News
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.

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Toxic Trade

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Toy Recalls, Consumer Safety, United Steelworkers, Cub Scout Totem Badge, Globalization, Free Trade, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Toxic Toys, Fair Trade, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

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

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Why the "Free Trade" Agenda is Losing Steam

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Globalization, Free Trade, Trade Agreements, Wages, Wto, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

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

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

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Outsourcing to India, Globalization, Business News
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.

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Outsourcing and the UAW Strike

Ian Welsh | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business

Read More: GM Strike, Uaw, Outsourcing, Gm, Labor Arbitrage, UAW Strike, Globalization, Business News
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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