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Globalization

America's First Global Presidential Campaign

Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Presidential Campaign, John McCain, Globalization, United States, Technology, Global Warming, Political Persuasion, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis

McCain and Obama recognize how linked our country's fortunes are to the rest of the world -- the United States must again become the world's great persuader, not only its enforcer.

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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Asia Needs A Little Obamamania

Nathan Gardels | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Asians, Globalization, Barack Obama, China, Politics News
Nathan Gardels

No doubt the absence of Obamamania across the Pacific has much to do with the fact that modernizing Asia is more attentive to interests than values. They see Obama and Democrats as protectionist.

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Spooking Ourselves Out of Prosperity

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Investment, Budweiser, Investment, Globalization, Foreign Investment, Globalism, Business News
Kathryn Wylde

With U.S. investors taking advantage of every opportunity to buy up property and businesses overseas, resistance to foreign investment here is seen around the world as the height of hypocrisy.

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Is the GOP Really the Party of Free Trade?

William Bernstein | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Protectionism, John McCain, Presidential Election, Free Grade, Globalization, U.S. Economy, Obama NAFTA, Obama Free Trade Agreements, Economy, Obama Free Trade, McCain Free Trade, Politics News
William Bernstein

Obama is highly intelligent, highly trained -- and he knows full well that the nation as a whole benefits from free trade, even if substantial minorities are harmed by it.

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The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It Reigns

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Books, Tap Water, Privatization, Globalization, Plastic, Elizabeth Royte, Poland Springs, Drinking Water, Pollution, Bottled Water, Nestlé, Living News
Kerry Trueman

From sea to shining sea, we've taken water for granted while spilling blood for oil, even though water's by far the more precious commodity.

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Glozalization "A Blessing" For Western Europe

Financial Times | Chris Giles | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Globalization and Europe, Outsourcing, European Labor Markets, Globalization, Globalization Blessing Europe, Unemployment, Business News

Increased trade, outsourcing and offshoring do not create unemployment but boost the number of jobs in advanced economies, a study of European labour ...

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Internet Down! An Anchor Wreaks Havoc on Global Economy

Adam Klappholz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Damanged Cables, Technology, Globalization, Internet Cables, Business News
Adam Klappholz

Without any act of terrorism, global hubs such as Dubai, Bombay, and Cairo have regressed decades, temporarily halting the tremendous economic machine that the Internet has become.

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