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Globalization - What Is To Be Done?

Posted on October 9, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, General Globalization
The increasing reach of globalization to trade and productivity is forcing governments to come to grips with workers' rights.
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Keywords: globalization, worker rights, IMF, World Bank, Neoliberalism, economic policy

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Why "Fair Trade" Could Backfire for the United States

Posted on March 27, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
Many economists believe that the current approach to manufacturing employment in the United States will do little if anything to solve the current crisis.
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Keywords: Neoliberalism, free trade, savings, economics, fair trade, Manufacturing, trade

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Dying for Free Trade

Posted on March 27, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Opinions and Editorials
As agricultural employment declines in developed countries, traditionally protectionist states are revisiting the topic of free trade in agriculture.
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Keywords: Neoliberalism, free trade, agriculture, protectionism, tariffs

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Bush's Spring Break

Posted on March 19, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
Mark Engler questions the future of U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America with President Bush's recent trip south.
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Keywords: Latin America, Neoliberalism, Chavez, Bush, Foreign Policy

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Globalization Tames the Left in Brazil

Posted on October 2, 2006
Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: South America, General Globalization
Brazil has missed a golden opportunity provided by a robust global economy to chart a new and vibrant economic trajectory.
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Keywords: Neoliberalism, Lula da Silva, high interest rates, globalization

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 07:19
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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