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Green Scare State Terrorism
2009-04-16 00:13:00
by Stephen LendmanApril 28, 2008In May 2005, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism John Lewis told a Senate panel that ecoterrorism is "one of today's most serious domestic terrorism threats." Then the FBI's James Jarboe estimated that two organizations (the Earth Liberation Front - ELF and Animal Liberation Front - ALF) committed over 600 criminal acts since 1996, causing over $43 million in damage. For his part, Lewis said both groups committed more than 1100 such acts since 1976, "conservatively" resulting in around $110 million in damages.What's going on, and is there anything to these charges? Coming from FBI sources makes them highly suspect, especially when there are two types of documented cases:-- people guilty of non-violent offenses called "terrorism" and given excessively harsh sentences; and most disturbing-- innocent people targeted, accused, convicted and sentenced to hard time for environmental activism or supporting animal rights; and that's on top ...
Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) outsourcing, market is evolving at b
2008-12-11 20:59:00
Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) outsourcing, market is evolving at break-neck speed: UK News Paper Reports The Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) industry In India is increasing with rapid speed. Economic Slump and economic slowdown in international markets seems like that?s it?s going to benefit at least this sector (Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) in India ...
DELFINA EXPLAINS GLOBALIZATION
2008-09-03 09:59:00
by Robert AnbianWhen you enter a maquiladoraat Otay Mesa, the first thing you noticeis women, lots of them. Most of uscome from the south, where there are no jobs.There aren’t even men, except old ones!The others went north, looking for workand finding mostly grief and temptation.If ever I see my husband again,I will slap him, then kiss him.Then slap him again.We women were alone!We knew nothing about what awaited us!We brought nothing but children and naïve hopes!The lords of the maquiladoras welcomed us,we had small, agile hands, and would be cheap and docile.They even denied us bathroom breaks, we would suffer in silence.Or so they thought! But it wasn’t long before we women,young, uneducated, abandoned by everyone,began to speak up for our rights. We beganmaking a little trouble. Above all,we found we had each other – they couldn’t deny us that!But a factory woman’s life is a cheap thing in this world,just like the cell phones we assembled and the pantyhose we pac...
Social media is dead (not a post about social media)
2008-09-02 09:08:00
I’ve been posting way too much about (social) media on Tech IT Easy and I’m sick & tired of it? of both social media *and* writing about it. There’s nothing left to say; everything that has been done, has been done. There will be some “process innovation,” sure, the internet is famous for it. But ...
Evangelical Meltdown - The March Toward Global Religion Starts with Us?
2008-08-15 00:21:00
From Christian Worldview Network: Muslim clerics know that from Muhammad’s time until today Islam has always viewed each and every non-Muslim as “infidels” and members of the “House of War.” It is, in Muslim tradition and doctrine, perfectly acceptable to deceive any and all infidels (non-Muslims) if it is for the furtherance of Islam. So, if ...
Play a Game and Help the Hungry
2008-06-07 23:27:00
Visit FreeRice.com today! For every vocabularly word that you get correct, sponsors of the site will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Its a fun little game that helps out in a small way.I need to thank Pundit Nation for directing me to this site.
What are the ingredients to launching a company?
2008-06-07 12:47:00
Hello again. This here is a typical “fill in the blanks” write-up. I like thinking about starting companies, haven’t as yet engaged on starting one, though I feel relatively confident that I understand what it takes, but also that there are several ingredients that I still lack. Following is a diagram of all the components ...
Globalization of the Chemicals Industry
2008-06-02 15:29:00
Globalization has become commonplace in many industries. As this process impacts chemical manufacturing, efforts to create global safety standards remain a considerable concern for organizations. What can be done to ensure that safety standards are maintained across global enterprises? Has your orga
WEEKLY DIGEST--May 26, 2008 to June 1, 2008
2008-06-01 23:59:00
Posts of Interest from Other Blogs and News Sources:~Media~"Memorial Day 2008" posted on May 26, 2008"I LOVE/HATE the Mainstream Media" posted on May 30, 2008~Environmental Awareness~"Trails to honor Aldo Leopold's legacy" posted by The Capital Times"Don't want to release your CO2? Bury it" posted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development~Community Empowerment~No Articles in this Digest~Sustainability & Sufficiency~"Use Food Stamps at Madison's Farmers' Market" posted Compassionate Badger"In Madison? Finding locally produced food is easier than ever!" posted by Compassionate Badger"To create a truly sustainable food system, we'll have to confront the farm-labor crisis" posted by Grist~Agriculture~"Crops going in at a good pace" posted by The Capital Times"The Worst Way of Farming" posted by The New York Times~Globalization~"Global economic focus and cooperation along the I-Q Corridor" posted by the Wisconsin Technology Network"Seven Questions: How Countries ...
India Globalization Capital, Inc. Awarded $4M Construction Contract in …
2008-06-01 10:45:00
BETHESDA, Md., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — India Globalization Capital, Inc. (Amex: IGC.U), (Amex: IGC.WS), (Amex: IGC), a company developing infrastructure in India, announced that its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Great Lakes Basin Water Resources Compact
2008-05-30 23:48:00
On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Governor Jim Doyle signed the Great Lakes Basin Water Resources Compact. The Compact overwhelming passed the State Senate (32-1) and State Assembly (96-1) in bipartisan fashion. In a statement on the Milwaukee Biz Blog on May 28 Governor Doyle said:"The Great Lakes Compact not only protects these resources for generations to come, but presents a great economic opportunity for Wisconsin, where we have the second-largest amount of Great Lakes shoreline of anyone. One of our greatest competitive advantages in a 21st Century global economy is our water--water that will help Wisconsin businesses grow and draw new businesses to our state."As water sources in metropolitan areas across the country dry up, our sparkling blue waters will look better than they ever have. It's imperative we keep that water here in the Midwest, not in faraway deserts in other corners of the country."On May 27, State Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) praised the adoption of the Compact...
Thailand is the "Wolrd Center of Buddhism"
2008-05-28 06:44:00
The Buddhist Channel reports that the "[United Nation] declares Thailand as 'world centre of Buddhism'". This is a truly great honor for Thailand; but with it comes responsibility. The people of Thailand embrace their religious history fully. However, our globalizing world places the future of Buddhism into a realm of uncertainty. How will Buddhism evolve as it continues to spread in the West? Is Buddhism more of a philosophy or a religion; and what are the implications? What does it mean for a nation to be considered a Buddhist nation? And, perhaps most importantly, how can/should "the world center of Buddhism" help to promote the real and original teachings of the Buddha to the rest of the world?These are important questions for all people to think about when addressing their own spiritual paths. I look forward to visiting Thailand again in the future, and hope that the vibrant Buddhist culture that I was able to experience will never fade.
Globalization?s Aftershocks
2008-05-26 16:31:00
What does the collapse of communism have to do with the credit crunch? According to Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni, author of the best-selling book “Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism,” the fall of the Berlin wall set off a global economic transformation that led directly to the turmoil on Wall Street and will ...
WEEKLY DIGEST--May 19, 2008 to May 25, 2008
2008-05-25 23:59:00
Posts of Interest from Other Blogs and News Sources:~Environmental Awareness~"Wisconsin River Clean-Up" posted by WEAU"British lessons for Wisconsin" posted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal"Great Lakes water holds key to survival, expansion" posted by the Fond du Lac Reporter"US carbon dioxide emissions up 1.6 percent in 2007" posted by Yahoo! News"EU agrees to outlaw 'green' crimes" posted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development"Zones of Death Are Spreading in Oceans Due to Global Warming" posted by The Sunday Times(UK)~Community Empowerment~No Articles in this Digest~Sustainability & Sufficiency~"Beijing Olympics - Propelling Sustainability" posted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development~Agriculture~"John Nichols: Farmers are not to blame for food crisis" posted by The Captial Times~Globalization~"U.S. Rep. Petri: President gives trade speech a Wisconsin flavor"posted by WisPolitics.com"Bush Pushes for Free-Trade Deal Approvals" posted on...
How Europe can shape the global system
2008-05-01 15:03:00
The end of the unipolar moment, underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China, Brazil and India, raises again questions about the structure of the global system and how Europe fits within it. After the end of the cold war and with the accelerating pace of globalisation, Europeans were inclined to ...
Globalization - Tourist Invasion
2008-04-23 22:48:00
After thirty years of years of tourism the touris have bought houses, there was always the question of if the mallorquin society was going to dissapear as comunity, given that now the mallorquin, are only 20 per cent of the population.Lately in the local newspaper there was an interview to a policeman that sait that only 25 years ago in a small town in Mallorca, you could leave the door in the lock.After so many years of tourism we can say that has afected more the globalization than the tourism to the comunity.
World Bank Climate Profiteering - Center for Research on Globalization
2008-04-09 13:22:00
Javno.hrWorld Bank Climate ProfiteeringCenter for Research on Globalization, Canada -;- 4 hours agoby Daphne Wysham and Shakuntala Makhijani The World Bank?s long-running identity crisis is proving hard to shake. When efforts to rebrand itself as a ...World Bank approves funds for Indian coal-fired plant ReutersWorld Bank approves USD 450 mn for Tata Mundra project Myiris.comWorld Bank approves Indian coalfired power plant Radio AustraliaReuters - Reutersall 57 news articles
DHS Illegally Changes Rule to Increase Foreign Guest Workers
2008-04-08 22:51:00
Michael Chertoff, per Bill Gates and George Bush's demands, bypassed Congress and increased foreign guest workers through a ruling and executive order.   No input from US workers, no votes, nothing.   Even worse, Bill Gates claims a weakened America is a good thing! DHS Changes Rule The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released today an interim final rule extending the period of Optional Practical Training (OPT) from 12 to 29 months for qualified F-1 non-immigrant students. The extension will be available to F-1 students with a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics who are employed by businesses enrolled in the E-Verify program One small problem. Students graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics majors are about three times the total number of new jobs created in the United States for these majors.   So now, to make matters worse, DHS increases the ability to hire foreigners, insuring more Americans cannot get a job! UI PAUL ALAMEDA,...
Why blogging isn?t for everyone
2008-04-07 12:52:00
I have decided a few days ago that I won’t be blogging for much longer. Well, actually, I have ca. 150 blogposts on my blog, and I plan to bring it up to 500 (which will take about a year), and then quit pretty permanently, and maybe start writing again when I’m retired. By that ...
Globalization and Nationalism - The New Deal
2008-04-07 09:50:00
From The Edinburgh Lectures - March 4, 2008 :   Source: Scottish Government   " ... The underlying puzzle has always been not why there are so many nation states and distinct ethnic cultures but - why are there so few. In his classic Nations and Nationalism (1983) the social anthropologist Gellner observes that, although no one will ever know exactly, there can't be less than somewhere between six and eight thousand identifiable ethno-linguistic populations scattered round the globe. Why, then, are there less than two hundred or so national states? When he was writing in 1983 there were well under two hundred U.N. representatives, and though this number has grown, forecasts for the later twenty-first century don't usually envisage more than something between two hundred and twenty or thirty new (and naturally mostly smaller) independent states. Gellner's characteristic explanation of this disparity was in terms of overall social and cultural development. Th...
Breaking news: TechCrunch acquires TechITEasy!
2008-04-01 01:50:00
We are proud to announce you that you can be proud of your favorite high tech blog. The rumour was spreading fast and it is now official: Tech IT Easy’s just been acquired by California-based web startup news media TechCrunch for an undisclosed amount (7 figures is all I can say)! The trigger was double-legged: First, Om ...
Market Intergrations: All About Globalization
2008-03-28 06:00:00
What is globalization? globalization can be described as the integration of all worldwide markets. In the past years, most businesses were localized to isolate markets. But, as time passed by, with the advancements in science and technology and travel markets throughout the world. It has opened up and businesses have begun to serve markets outside ...
Globalization and Organization: World Society and Organizational Change ???
2008-03-23 17:00:00
Globalization and Organization: World Society and Organizational Change ??????:?????????# Author: Gili S. Drori , John W. Meyer , Hokyu Hwang # Format:PDF 1.5MB# Page Count: 344 pages# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 20, 2006)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0199284539# ISBN-13: 978-0199284535Gili S. Drori is a lecturer in Stanford University's programs on International Relations and International Policy Studies. She is the author of several papers and chapters on science and development, comparative science education, political discourse, and the role of policy regimes in worldwide governance. She is senior author of Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization (with John W. Meyer, F. Ramirez, and E. Schofer, stanford University Press, 2003). John W. Meyer is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Stanford University. He is the author of many books and papers on comparative sociology, organizations, world society, and the sociology of education...
Smartphone misconceptions
2008-03-21 09:20:00
Judging from Vincent?s latest post (and the comments!) about why he thinks Android will suck, there are many misunderstandings about global smartphone markets. First of all, they are a small subset of all handset market - just about 10%. There are many who are blinded by their US-centric power-user views. The echo chamber of blogs ...
Why Android will suck
2008-03-14 17:33:00
Hello again, Vincent here. Excuse me, I seem to be in a cranky mood lately, as far as technology goes, probably explaining my public rants towards the Facebooks and Scobles of this world. But I can’t let that stop me, here’s another one, aimed at Google’s Android. Yesterday, Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms ...
Globalization as Entanglement
2008-03-12 18:06:00
JohnLeGear (ASA) Globalization has bad rap. Some of it is, no doubt, deserved. The practice is great at giving us (in the “rich world”) poorly made plastic doodads that we don’t need, but at prices we can’t resist. By doing so it’s probably increased the amount of raw materials needlessly wasted, and encouraged the desire for ...
Globalization: Good or Bad?
2008-03-08 17:40:00
I would be a fool if I would state globalization as simplistically good or bad. Such complex subject must be carefully analyzed. Obviously, for this maybe-too-short paper, it won?t be possible to examine all the aspects I would like to, but I will make a simpler frame to this issue.Globalization can be thought as a very intricate game with many gains and losses to all players. However, there are nations and countries that can ?gain more ground? than others, whether by better controlling institutions and mechanisms or by using their already achieved positions in this game (i.e. prosperity achieved by colonialism), and take advantage of these positions, manly if we refer to economic globalization directly connected to the advance of global trades. Going deeper, the game scenario is constantly changing, and not only to the favor of the ?riches side?. Being thus, the most important analysis is not if globalization would be good or bad, but when it is considered good or bad.Opinions chan...
Globalization Truth
2008-03-07 08:57:00
I’m taking this business class called Managing The Global Supply Chain.  Its very enlightening to understand what is happening in the local and world economy.  If you get a chance to take a class like it - I highly recommend it.The textbook we use is Hill’s Global Business Today.  Here is an excerpt. “In this interdependent ...
What Do We Know About Globalization? ?????,???????
2008-03-06 21:05:00
What Do We Know About Globalization??????,???????# Author:Guillermo de la Dehesa# Format:PDF 1.0MB# Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell # Number Of Pages: 384 # Publication Date: 2007-08-20 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405136693 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405136693 What Do We Know About Globalization: Issues of Poverty & Income Distribution examines the two fundamental arguments that are often raised against globalization: that it produces inequality and that it increases poverty. A lively and accessible argument about the impact and consequences of globalization from a leading figure in economics - Dehesa is Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a member of the Group of Thirty Demonstrates the ways in which wealthy nations and developing countries alike have failed to implement changes that would result in a reversal of these social ills Dispels the notion of the so-called 'victim of globalization', demonstrating how, despite popular belief, acceleration of globalization actually stands...
Indian outsourcing market is set to suffer due to high increase of labour c
2008-03-05 17:30:00
Indian outsourcing market is set to suffer due to high increase of labor cost. Skills shortage and rising labor cost of India?s talents is driving away most of the big IT players towards East European countries and china to find out cost reduction.  India is no longer able to give cost cut to these big ...
Globalization
2008-03-01 21:54:00
What do you think about globalization? In my opinion, globalization is a necessary condition of doing international business. Meanwhile, the most important thing for people to do is to reduce the squander of resource. All kinds of contribution needs equipment, but not all of the equipment were fully used. K.D. Capital Equipment, LLC is one ...
10 reasons you should start a startup before turning 25
2008-02-25 05:26:00
After two months in my new life as an entrepreneur, having turned my back to the  corporate world, all I can say is that it’s been so much fun - & hard work, that I believe, & I know that I made the right decision. Let alone that I strongly advocate all my mates to forget about ...
Is Globalization Here to Stay? (Maybe, Maybe Not)
2008-02-18 02:04:00
To commentators such as Thomas Friedman, today?s globalization is a largely technological phenomenon. Once learned, new technologies are typically not forgotten, which is why globalization can seem an irresistible force, destined to bind us ever more tightly together for the foreseeable future. History, however, suggests that globalization is as much a political as a technological ...
International Banking - Essential for Globalization of Businesses
2008-02-11 20:10:00
International banking refers to the banking services that cover a wide array of topics. It provides you personal bank accounts along with the business bank accounts also. An important feature of international banking is foreign currency services. This is a very useful feature for the people who need to deal in ...
Big Mac biggest symbol of globalization
2008-02-09 12:15:00
The Big Mac menu, the most famous dish of the American fast-food restaurant McDonalds, is composed of about twenty ingredients and is therefore the best symbol of globalization. This is according to South African researchers.The scientists from the University of Stellenbosch have analyzed the ingredients of this menu, which exists of a hamburger, french fries and a cup of coffee.?We have discovered that this is a meal containing over twenty different ingredients, with their roots tracing back over the entire globe. It includes potatoes, originating from South America, flour and onions from the Middle East, coffee from Ethiopia and mustard from India?.According to John Wilson of the research team this shows that modern foods are more varied than foods from traditional societies: ? ?that such a meal contains more then twenty different ingredients is very impressive, especially when one keeps in mind that some traditional communities use only 50 to 100 ingredients in their cooking?.
Getting hired by Amazon, Apple, ?, Yahoo, ZDnet: tips and future hacks.
2008-02-06 02:05:00
Trying to digest a cheesy crust pizza this noon, I was wondering if instead of a pizza I was carrying a baby. The good thing was that there would be two of us going back to work, even if the one was rather unqualified to give me hand. What a delight for my pizzababy to ...
The mystery of ?ambition? and how it correlates with success
2008-02-04 12:49:00
Hi, Vincent here. When we started our masters in entrepreneurship, so many years ago it seems, we were kindly informed that our chances of failure were pretty high?above 75% after 5 years, I believe. So that’s about on par with a career in Catalonian linguistics then? Nice! For my thesis, while it was not the primary ...
Book review: The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
2008-01-28 18:38:00
I recently finished Al Gore’s latest book, The Assault on Reason, which takes a critical view of the current state of US democratic system and the systematic abuse against it by megacorporations, special interest groups and the system’s own executive branch. This book follows the same story of a good idea abused and turning against ...
The Globalization Hoax
2008-01-23 14:34:00
by Richard Backus Globalization, in theory at least, was an economic philosophy which espoused a more efficient production of the world's manufactures for the benefit of the world at large. It is based upon an economic theory proposed, I believe, by Adam Smith that if each manufacture was produced by the most efficient worker in the world, production would be maximized with the best use of the world's resources (manpower, materials, etc.). In theory this concept is sound except for the fact that it was based upon the presumption of full employment. Full employment these days does not exist and in the U.S. hasn't for some time. Unemployment is especially prevalent in the more populous countries of the world, especially those in Southeast Asia. There is widespread unemployment throughout the world, becoming more serious in western countries as work moves to Southeast Asia. The inapplicability of this premise (full employment) completely invalidates the benefits of globalization a...
Why Facebook will eventually fail
2008-01-21 01:34:00
I’ve only got a few minutes to write this post, so pardon me if I’m sketchy on the details. A blogpost at GigaOm covers some of the iterations that social networks on the internet went through over the years. Pretty interesting, though incomplete. The author also warns that it is dangerous to predict the next wave, ...
Software to Help Companies Overcome the Challenges of Globalization
2008-01-18 21:49:00
If we take into consideration the importance, influence and consequences of globalization, it is easy to understand why IBM unveiled new software and research innovations that aims improving collaboration between employees across an organization in a globally integrated enterprise.According to IBM the challenges of globalization are forcing companies to become more nimble, using an increasingly geographically-dispersed and virtual workforce to remain competitive. In the world of software development, this means 24x7 collaboration with specialized teams around the globe to pick up where another left off. IBM is also examining how virtual worlds can help software development teams break down the barriers caused by globalization.IBM announces that the development platform is based on Web 2.0 technologies for developers to collaborate and contribute to software under development at http://www.jazz.net/. That is an open, commercial community designed to help companies globally and transp...
How Healthy Is Globalization For National Security?
2008-01-15 21:50:00
Today Matthew O’Keefe at PAPAMOKA STRAIGHT TALK has a piece, It’s The Economy, Stupid…..Again! It’s well worth a read, and the last two paragraphs sent me off in another direction. When Barack and Hillary figure out who is a racist and who is a bitch then somebody please pass a note or tell them that “It’s ...
The Globalization of the Automobile Industry
2008-01-14 07:36:00
Five years ago, a car manufacturer would have complete design, engineer and build a car, all in the same country. Now, plants, assembly lines, design studios and engineering computing studios, all that makes it possible to own a car in Korea and have it developed in the USA advances in technology have interconnected economies in the world - the effect that it is better to the consumer price good prices, Especially cars.In this year's New York Auto Show, General Motors shows from three mini concept cars together from the design studios in ten different countries. The network of studios, it is far more powerful than if they were acting individually. If a design team in Brazil comes with a great idea, and all other design teams, either Australia or Germany can all see it in the virtual reality and their feedback.With a Thousand designers around the world live, the local customs, culture and the conditions of the journey, General Motors and Chevrolet is the opening of the final design ...
Buddhist priest behind the globalization of Zen dies at 83
2008-01-11 00:00:00
Seiko Hirata, the head priest of Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, who dedicated himself to the internationalization of Zen, died from multiple organ failure on Wednesday. He was 83.Hirata, who was known as a leading theorist in the Zen sect, died at around 5:39 p.m. Wednesday.A private funeral for Hirata will be held at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto's Ukyo-ku at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Globalization: The world's not so flat - Globe and Mail
2008-01-03 04:04:00
Globalization: The world's not so flatGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoBuoyed by the release of Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat in 2005 (and new editions in 2006 and 2007), the notion of a level, borderless world seems ...
The Great Lobbyists? Propaganda Machine
2008-01-03 01:08:00
Intel corporation is laying people off.  That's right, while Craig Barrett, Intel CEO, writes in the Washington Post yet another propaganda piece trying to scare Americans by claiming if the United States does not import massive cheap labor, we will fail economically, Intel is busy thrashing their workforce. No one pointed out that Intel has been in the midst of some major downsizing. From Intel's Form 10-K annual report, at the end of Dec 31, 2005 they had 99,900 employees.   By Dec 2006 they had 94,100 and now according to Barrett it has 86,000. The downsizing was announced sometime last year and the plan is to cut 10,000 workers. Barrett has some chutzpah talking about shortages, but then the global wage arbitrage agenda to ultimately repress wages so workers are glorified consumer slaves knows no bounds. The Washington Post, where the wife of Bill Gates sits on the board, buried a factual retort from John Miano via a Letter to the editor: The Blue Card that Mr. Barrett sai...
Globalization on Trial: The Human Condition and the Information Civilizatio
2008-01-01 16:29:00
Brilliant, profound, and very timely for anyone trying to understand the meaning and implications of the phenomenon of globalization today. — William F. Ryan, S.J. What is the human condition at the dawning of the global age? Drawing upon his own extensive experience, as well as upon the thoughts of Western and non-Western scholars and philosophers,...
Global Warming Today: Anti-Globalization And Others
2007-12-29 20:36:00
One group of climahysterics show why they push anthropogenic climate change As global warming negotiations move from Bali towards a worldwide treaty, it is important to address how global warming and global trade work hand-in-hand. Globalization is to global warming what warm water in the Gulf of Mexico waters was to Hurricane Katrina. And, unless we wisely ...
GLOBALIZATION IS FUELING GLOBAL WARMING
2007-12-29 12:00:00
As global warming negotiations pierce from Bali towards the worldwide covenant, it is critical to residence how global warming as well as global traffic work hand-in-hand. Globalization is to global warming what comfortable H2O in the Gulf of Mexico waters was to Hurricane Katrina. As well as, unless you wisely extent fast accelerating global traffic, you ...
What is ?Global? in ?Globalization??
2007-12-26 10:27:00
Pankaj Ghemawat's blog has some interesting - and revealing - statistics about Globalisation.(for those who are not in the know, Pankaj Ghemawat is a Prof at Harvard Business School, and currently on sabbatical with IESE, Barcelona)In one of his posts, Globalization Myth vs Reality, he mentions:"...most types of economic activity that could be carried out within or across national borders are actually still concentrated domestically... of all the capital being invested around the world, how much is foreign direct investment by companies outside of their home countries?... The fact is, the ratio is generally less than 10% and, while it may be pushed higher by merger waves, has never reached 20%."He goes one to put some statistics on key parameters of cross-border activities - telephone calls, long-term migration, university enrollment, stock investment, and trade as a fraction of gross domestic product (GDP) - look at the blue bars in the diagram below. "they fall much closer to 10%...
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