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An Interview With Claus Frederiksen

Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Interviews
Claus Frederiksen, the minister of Employment in Denmark, speaks to Yale Global about low unemployment in Denmark and solutions to globalization worldwide.

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Flexicurity - Denmark style

Denmark works to maintain its social protection traditions while remaining internationally competitive. The Europeans consider it a model for the future.

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Europe Faces Globalization - Part II

Denmark invests in an adaptable workforce, thus reducing fear of change.

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The Opportunity of the Cartoon Crisis

Despite the dangers it presents, the outrage over the cartoon crisis shows what needs to be done.

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Cartoon Jihad

Besides showing the cultural gulf with the West, the cartoon crises shows the clout of globalized Islam.

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Cartoon Crisis - Clash of Civilizations?

The controversy over the publication of the Danish cartoons illustrates how globalization is creating a convergence of cultures.

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Cartoon Crisis - Globalisation and Alienation

Even as it connects the world, globalisation is creating a sense of alienation, injustice and inequality amongst communities.

Stories We're Watching

As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.

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