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好莱坞何以主导美国影院?

Christina Klein August 17, 2004

India’s Kinder and Gentler Globalization

Pratap Bhanu Mehta August 3, 2004
Upon assuming office in May, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first official action was to visit drought-stricken farmers in an impoverished state of India. This visit was to signal the new administration’s desire to focus on farming and poverty alleviation – without detracting from efforts to attract foreign investment. As Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President designate of the Center for Policy...

Alternative Globalization

Bharat Jhunjhunwala July 2, 2004
The author of this editorial in the Ethiopian newspaper questions the wisdom of developing countries staying within the WTO and letting themselves be squeezed by the developed countries. He says that the basic inconsistency of the WTO is that it provides protection to the monopolistic control of technologies but prohibits the monopolistic pricing of natural resources. He argues that the...

Lessons on Globalization from India

Pratap Bhanu Mehta June 17, 2004
Is there an inherent contradiction between democracy and globalization? Some anti-globalization protesters might say yes. And their pro-free trade opponents might also agree. But upon careful consideration, writes philosopher and political scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta, it is clear that the debate between democrats and globalizers is often too stylized. "The constraints on democracy, in...

Death at Sandheads

Ashis K. Biswas June 17, 2004
Mysteriously, merchant ships have sunk continuously at the Sandheads in India's Bay of Bengal, leading many to question why. More mysterious, however, is the fact that ships continue coming here and sinking. Official estimates indicate that at least 81 ships have gone down in this area in the past 30 years, including eight since 1997. Innumerable crewmen have lost their lives in these...

Lula: Support globalization

Alan Clendenning June 16, 2004
While hundreds of demonstrators chanted against globalization, inside a conference hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s leftwing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a different message. Addressing a gathering of 180-nation United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, he said the developing world should learn how to use globalization instead of denouncing it. Lula’s speech offered yet another...

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June 6, 2004