Globalization

Beyond Chachkas: Indigenous Crafts Plus Northern Design Equals Success

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Artisans, Mexico, Globalization, New Radicals, North South Project, Rotman School of Mangement, Guyana, Indigenous People, New York, Skoll Foundation, Patty Johnson, Crafts, Caribbean, Ceramics, Branding, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

Hands up if you've ever bought a handicraft while traveling, only to have it end up collecting dust in some closet at home. Thought so. We've all ...

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Leadership is More Than Profit

Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory | Posted 09.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Free Trade, u.s. Economy Problems, Globalization, Corporate Responsibility, Shareholder Value, Economics, Corporate America, Economy, CEO Pay, Recession, Business News
Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory

In the rush to globalization, the United States has tossed aside a crucial principle that guided the economic prosperity of the twentieth century: co...

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Barack Obama and the Global Imaginary

Manfred B. Steger | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Globalization, Obama DNC, The Global Imaginary, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Manfred B. Steger

For many Americans, the Illinois senator is the problematic personification of a dynamic generally known by the buzzword "globalization."

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The Next Bubble Is on The Way: Credit Card Debt

Danny Schechter | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Congress, Bubble, Credit Cards, Economics, Globalization, Economy, Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Industry, Business News
Danny Schechter

Fewer people are paying their credit card bills on time. And more are using high-interest credit card cash to pay at least part of their mortgages instead of the other way around.

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Baha'i: The Ultimate Global Religion?

Perry Yeatman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Baha'i, Globalization, Religion, Perry Yeatman, Faith, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Living News
Perry Yeatman

For years I've pondered the area of religion. My father's family is old Pennsylvania Quaker. My mother is Episcopalian. I went to Episcopal boardin...

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Celebrate, Don't Mourn, Collapse of WTO Talks

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Globalization, Wto, Corporate Globalization, Trade, Economy, Food Crisis, Business News
Robert Weissman

The alleged upside of the deal for developing countries -- increased access to rich country markets -- would have been of tiny benefit, even according to the World Bank.

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The Silent Olympics

Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dalai Lama, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Globalization, Tibet, China Tibet, China Human Rights, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Politics News
Kavita N. Ramdas

In this age of globalization, the Chinese government can no longer assume that its whole-hearted embrace of free markets can occur without its own citizens pushing for other kinds of freedoms.

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America's First Global Presidential Campaign

Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis | Posted 07.23.2008 | 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 07.17.2008 | 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 07.14.2008 | 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 07.07.2008 | 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 07.02.2008 | 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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Waiting For Obama: The First Global Election

Derek Shearer | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, US Presidential Election, Foreign Policy, First Global President, Globalization, World News, Politics News
Derek Shearer

It is vital for the U.S. to lead, but not dominate in making globalization more equitable and more environmentally friendly within our borders and for the entire world. Obama understands this challenge.

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Why NAFTA Is An Anger Point Fueling The Uprising

David Sirota | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, The Uprising, Nafta, Politics News
David Sirota

One of the things I've been finding when talking to groups is a palpable anger at our current trade and globalization policies -- an anger from both progressives and conservatives that I meet.

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The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It Reigns

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.20.2008 | 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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A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall

Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Globalization, Immigration, Intolerance, Building a New America, Dell Layoffs, Bob Dylan, Living News
Leslie Griffith

I am packing to return to Texas for a few weeks. My learning curve will be intense, but I don't know it yet. The lesson begins when the cab driver pulls up in my driveway.

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Moms Movement Voices Progressive Ideal

Nanette Fondas | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Parents, Children, Human Capital, Progressive Ideal, Mothers Movement, Globalization, Living News
Nanette Fondas

Many election-year observers have noted the absence of a compelling idea or framework to unite the electorate in the Presidential race. But while candidates, leaders, and pundits strain to articulate a vision, a group of mothers may well have done it.

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A Growing Brain Fitness Market for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Exercise Your Brain, Neurosoftware, Cognitive Training, Baby Boomers, Sharpbrains, Cognitive Age, Brain Health, David Brooks, New York Times, Globalization, Healthy Aging, Brain Fitness, Brain Exercise, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Huge medical advances over the last 100 years have enabled longevity, improved quality of life overall. But, they have focused more on how to maintain "healthy bodies" than on "healthy brains."

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Psychology, News, War, Bias, Extremism, Media, Technology, Nationalism, Cognitive Science, Law, Journalists, Computers, Philosophy, Politicians, Genocide, Human Rights, Germany, Linguistics, Politics, Gender, United States, God, Globalization, Journalism, Internet, George Bush, Destruction, Catastrophe, Subjectivity, Generalizations, Objectivity, Republicanism, Osama Bin Laden, Nazism, Grammar, Words, Newspapers, Stress, World Politics, Physics, Science, Information, Workplace, Freedom, Autonomy, Health, C.I.A., Independence, Presidents, Religion, Corruption, 911, 9/11, Terrorism, World Trade Center, Gulf War, Oil, Critical Theory, Saddam Hussein, Essay, Politics News
Carol Maric

I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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Two Years After the Big Immigrants Rights Marches, Where Do Things Stand?

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Justice, Labor, Immigrant Rights, Migration, Globalization, Free Trade, Immigration, Immigration Movement, BORDER ISSUES, Nafta, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez

U.S. communities that have absorbed new immigrant populations in recent decades have seen incomes and opportunities rise more quickly than communities with no such immigrant influx.

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Economic Slowdown in U.S. Creates Opportunities Overseas for Americans

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Globalization, Economic Crisis, Business News
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

Despite the economic slowdown in the United States, globalization provides a cushion of employment in other markets around the world - if you're game to work outside your comfort zone.

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From South to South: Burma's Stateless Minority Under the Tip of Globalization's Spear

Derek Flood | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Ngo, Myanmar, Politics News
Derek Flood

While the Darfuris have George Clooney and Samantha Power, the Rohingya have no one, own nothing and have been stripped of everything, even their history.

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The Two Most Productive Hours I Have Ever Spent: Learning from Muhammad Yunus

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Poverty, Wealth, Profit, Globalization, Survive, Himan Experience, Microcredit, Capitalism, Social Business, Credit, Financial Crisis, Yunus, Utopia, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We are not machines created to make profit, says Muhammad Yunus. We are three-dimensional humans who need much more than financial profits to survive and thrive.

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The Devil is in the E-mails

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Globalization, E-Mail, Global Conversation, Tipping Point, Home News
Deepak Chopra

An article in the Washington Post in response to their question: Is E-mail a blessing or a curse? The Devil is in the E-mails Click: www.intentblog....

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Imagine: U.S. an Emerging Market

David McWilliams | Posted 03.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Economy, Recession Fears, Globalization, U.S. Economy, Economy, Recession, Business News
David McWilliams

Now that the US is going through its own troubles, resulting from precisely the same reckless behaviour that landed emerging markets in trouble in the past, the message from Washington is very different.

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