China’s exports and imports continue to decline, setting up a scenario for more job losses and possible social unrest, reports Keith Bradsher for the New York Times. The sharp decline follows reduced consumer spending in the US and the West, down even for the holiday month of December. The global...
HONG KONG: China's exports and imports shrank at an accelerating rate last month, a trend likely to set off more job losses in the country's export-oriented coastal regions.
The job losses, in turn, could cause...
As more and more Indian youths pour into the country's big cities like Bangalore to find jobs outsourced from the developed world, they are earning more and are becoming increasingly influenced by western culture. With 54% of country's population under the age of 25, says this article,...
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Resentment over trade, foreign aid and other global endeavors along with promises to put America first helped Donald Trump win the US presidency. But highly infectious diseases do not stop at national borders, and “global health is a humanitarian duty, one with strategic implications,” explains...
Dropping the guard: The Trump administration has yet to appoint a director for US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to replace Tom Frieden who resigned in January; swift communications are part of the effort to stop the spread of Ebola in...
Orly Friedman visits an experimental boarding school that introduces the tools of globalization to impoverished children. Started by technology entrepreneur Abraham George, Shanti Bhavan aims to be a world-class institution that propels India’s poorest students into the prosperous digital age,...
Computers prepare Shanti Bhavan students to join the world. (Photo: The George Foundation)
DEVEERAPALLI, India – Time travel is possible, and the only machine one needs is a car. The route is the Hosur Road out of...
While American intellectuals continue to portray globalization as a new permanent fixture of the world, writes James Howard Kunstler, the global trade fair is nearing its end. Kunstler opines that the "cheerleaders of globalization" fail to recognize that today's global economic...
The big yammer these days in the United States is to the effect that globalization is here to stay: it's wonderful, get used to it. The chief cheerleader for this point of view is Thomas Friedman, columnist for the New...
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will pose challenges for the country and the entire region, including India. “Even if a security agreement is signed with the government in Kabul that allows the Americans to retain a small presence, the overarching security umbrella that has been in place since...
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Multiple powers, including China and the United States, will contribute to ongoing economic development in Africa, suggests US President Barack Obama. Editors with the Economist interviewed Obama just before the US summit with African heads of state and business leaders in Washington, and he offers...
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People, nervous about robots taking away jobs for humans, also expect immediate and affordable information, service and comforts. Kevin Williamson, writing for National Review, describes how regulation can quickly devolve into protectionism, designed to contain rapid change and preserve traditions...
