Will Obama Sabotage His Jobs Plan With Job-Killing Free-Trade Agreements?
The man who called NAFTA “devastating” and “a big mistake” on the campaign trail is promoting free-trade agreements.
Globalization & The Mexican Village
Call’s story, No Word for Welcome, invites readers into the homes, classrooms, storefronts, and fishing boats of the isthmus, as well as the mahogany-paneled high-rise offices of those striving to control the region. With timely and invaluable insights into the development battle, Call shows that the people who have suffered most from economic globalization have some of the clearest ideas about how we can all survive it.
The Ideology that Drives the Republican Party
The Republicans are scared of the world, and this drives their anti-government mania.
Enough Free Trade Nonsense
A limitless world of sweatshops isn’t good for anyone.
Debate: Are “Failed States” A Product of Modern Globalization?
A debate on the motion that “Failed States are a Product of Modern Globalization.” Moderated by Foreign Policy magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Glasser. Debaters include Col. John Agoglia (Ret.), Vice-President of IDS International; Emira Woods from the Institute for Policy Studies; Paul Wood, the President of Pax Mondial; and Dr. Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The Luddites Revisited
Since it is the 200th anniversary of the British Luddite protests this month, that movement has been getting some attention.
Japan’s Earthquake Jolts Shreveport
Globalization’s “efficiency’ is nothing but a cross-your-fingers fantasy.
Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo
Sushi, not long ago a quintessentially Japanese product, has gone global.
Finding Rootedness in the Age of Vulnerability
In a world increasingly vulnerable to external shocks, we’re searching for rooted communities–and what we can learn from them.
Decoding the G-20 Drama
The brouhaha over “global re-balancing” boils down to this: Americans buy too much stuff from China.
Crisis as Opportunity
How is the Philippines responding to the “triple crises of vulnerability”: the global economic crisis, the food crisis and the spreading environmental crises of water, forests, fisheries and climate?
Debate on Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?
The IMF’s stated mission is to create and maintain macro-economic stability and to assist countries having solvency issues with their balance of payments. There are those who assert that the IMF is actually a destabilizing force within the global economy, while others believe that the countries themselves are to blame for poor economic choices. In a provocative contest of perspectives and analysis Rick Rowden, a long time critic of IMF policy will challenge Eugene Nyambal, former Senior Advisor to Executive Director at the Board of Directors of the IMF.
Finance for Socioeconomic and Climate Justice
A coalition of global justice groups give a statement on climate change while in Bangkok for an international strategy meeting.
Report of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Regarding the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty
IPS participated in this Obama administration review process.
People’s Voices: Challenging the G20’s Agenda of Corporate Globalization, September 2009
Research shows the G-20 needs to shift priorities.