Indigenous Production & Globalization in Central America
Brett Sheppard recently made a special study of Central American indigenous communities in the context of the Indigenous Community Integrated Ecosystems Management (GEF) Project of the World Bank, and notes the importance of both cultural as well as biodiversity.
Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, WW Norton & Company, 2002, pp. 282
The Poor are Always with Us
“Focus on Social Inequalities,” Editors Penny Babb, Jean Martin and Paul Haezewindt, Office for National Statistics – London TSO, December 2004.
“Focus on Social Inequalities” describes the different experiences of social groups in the UK today in six key areas: education, work, income, living standards, health, and participation. It looks at the ‘advantaged’ as well as the ‘disadvantaged’ and explores the relative differences between them.
Friedman Takes a Taxi Outta Town
Friedman Takes a Taxi Outta Town Author: Simon Stander Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 11/29/2006 Category: Editorial As an elderly comedian I once met, unwilling to think of his death or any one else’s, referred to the death of a friend as his “taking a taxi outta town”. Another friend, also elderly, […]
Deporting Our Future
The United States is home to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world, and thousands of students from around the globe travel to the country to receive an education that will allow them to extend their career in ways that they would not be able to in their home countries. However, with such strict immigration laws, many are allowed to receive the American education, but are deported back to their home country during their stay or shortly thereafter. Shakena Goode offers an opinionated outlook on how this affects the American economy and should influence amendments to immigration policy in the country.
Neoliberalism: The Second Pillage
This article compares neo-liberal economic globalization to the older and similar process of globalization in the era of European colonialism. The case studies of Chile under Pinochet, and Thailand and South Korea after the 1997 financial crisis are discussed to show that neo-liberalism, as an economic philisophy, has caused significant social damage and placed the goals of equitable prosperity and human development further out of reach.