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Anti-Americanism is One ‘Ism’ That Thrives

Roger Cohen November 28, 2005
The phenomenon of anti-Americanism is gathering steam around the world, to the point where it might be called the only current, pervasive, global ideology. Taking many forms, from radical Islamic activity to political satire, anti-Americanism is also directly linked to anti-globalization sentiment. US technology, and US firms that continually seek expanded markets are widely perceived as the...

Shopkeeper Took on Coke - and Won

Jo Tuckman November 17, 2005
“I thought that they were going to be able to say to me, 'Look, ant, we stamped on you,” declared a triumphant Raquel Chavez, “I said I'd rather die with my dignity intact than be trampled on.” In a landmark case, the 49-year-old corner shop owner from a poor neighborhood of Mexico City brought charges against a Coca-Cola subsidiary and fifteen of its distributors in 2003. Following a...

Anti-Capitalist A-Team

Bridget Johnson November 11, 2005
A columnist takes on the anti-globalization protestors and points to their self-defeating tactics. At the recent Summit of the Americas they were out in full force, uniting anti-globalization and anti-Bush sentiment in one potent combination and creating chaos. Their premise, that free trade is “pro-corporation,” and hurts “mom-and-pop businesses,” is belied by their tactics, which target...

Globalization Rocks, but African Leaders Fail to Understand It

Franklin Cudjoe November 8, 2005
African leaders often describe globalization as an exploitative force keeping Africans in poverty. But in fact, it is the inept and corrupt governments of African countries which are robbing their citizens of the economic freedom to compete in the world market. Many leaders subvert their countries’ constitutions entirely in order to retain power and continue to feather their own nests with...

There Are Too Many Losers in Globalization

Larry Elliot November 7, 2005
The years since the end of the Cold War have brought great ironies those Western capitalists who triumphed over Soviet communism. Chief among these is the extent to which the triumph of capitalist globalization risks creating a new and powerful threat to that globalization’s success. For years, even politicians like Reagan and Thatcher were restrained in their ability to push free-market...

International Migration: Brain Drain or Brain Gain?

Caglar Ozden October 31, 2005
The surge in globalization since the end of World War II has been fueled chiefly by an international exchange of goods and capital rather than people. There are signs, however, that international migrants are playing an increasingly important role in globalization as the world enters the twenty-first century. What are the costs and benefits of this new wave of migration? The principal cost of...

The Fate of ‘Made in the USA’

Robert J. Samuelson October 28, 2005
The specter of declining industry has loomed over the USA in recent years. As the imperatives of free trade and globalization send jobs and factories across borders and beyond oceans, the American worker and the American CEO both recognize they’re in a bind. American manufacturing, once the hallmark of the nation’s booming business, now faces a tenuous future. Robert J. Samuelson, writing for...