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Global bananas- Paul Krugman

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:59:58 -0000

In fact, the combination of things that made the widespread consumption of bananas in America possible — railroads, steamships, refrigeration, and, not least, regime change often backed by American military might — where do you think banana republics came from? — makes containerization and the Washington Consensus look low-key by comparison.

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European Journalism Observatory - The Myth of Media Globalisation

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:40:22 -0000

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Hafez’ intelligent and well-made book will be of interest to media or communication researchers, not least because the author manages to present his analysis in a highly readable way. After all, the recent scandal caused by the Mohammed caricatures published in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe would be a prime example for why the “dialogue between cultures” is ultimately bound to fail: for one thing, there are simply too many different notions of things such as the freedom of the press, or the freedom of speech and religion. According to Hafez, “What remains is, the attempt to demystify a great and grandiose idea by analysing it in a sober and unprejudiced way.”

His key finding: By thoroughly analysing the USA’s patriotic media coverage of the second War in Iraq (2003) and the contradicting Internet voices to be heard on the Mexican Zapatista revolt or the rise to fame of Arab news station Al Jazeera, Hafez illustrates how the media reinforces the process of globalisation – without itself becoming truly and fundamentally globalised.

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Project Syndicate

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:36:33 -0000

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While many economists judge Germany’s strategy the worst and America’s the best, the Scandinavian strategy can be considered a second-best strategy. Indeed, it is better to let people clean public parks, nurse children, and take care of the old in government facilities than have them do nothing, as in Germany. Even though GDP is artificially inflated, some useful activities are carried out.

Nevertheless, it might be better to let the market decide what kinds of products the low-skilled and less motivated part of the workforce should and could reasonably produce, which speaks for the American way of subsidizing wages. Thus, the Scandinavian way is more than a mere accounting trick, but it is also less than a truly recommendable strategy for coping with the challenges of globalization.

Tags: economics globalisation wages welfare-state

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The East India Company: the future of the past Nick Robins - openDemocracy

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:25:52 -0000

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The philosopher-politician Edmund Burke took up the baton in the 1780s, introducing legislation in 1783 to make the company accountable to parliament, arguing that its corporate charter carried with it intrinsic duties: "this nation never did give a power without imposing a proportionable degree of responsibility".

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