List of Globalization articles
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Anti-globalism’s Jewish Problem
Anti-Semitism is again on the rise. Why now? Blame the backlash against globalization. As public anxiety grows over lost jobs, shaky economies, and political and social upheaval, the Brownshirt and Birkenstock crowds are seeking solace in conspiracy theories. And in their search for the hidden hand that guides the new world order, modern anxieties are merging with old hatreds and the myths on which they rest.
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Wine’s New World
When new liquor laws allowed British supermarkets to sell wine in the 1970s, Australian winemakers seized the business opportunity of a lifetime. The story of how a trickle of New World wines became a worldwide flood is also a case study in globalization, starring disgruntled French winemakers, desperate EU bureaucrats, worried Napa Valley tycoons, and Chinese and Japanese arrivistes acquiring a taste for the finer things in life.
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577850_091102_ThereandBAck5.jpg Migration’s New Payoff
Every day, migrants working in rich countries send money to their families in the developing world. It's just a few hundred dollars here, a few hundred dollars there. But last year, these remittances added up to $80 billion, outstripping foreign aid and ranking as one of the biggest sources of foreign exchange for poor countries. Following a boom in the 1990s, this flow of money is lifting entire countries out of poverty, creating new financial channels, and reshaping international politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Prime Numbers: A Loss for Words
Languages dying out in a globalized world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Normalcy to Lunacy
New Latin American activists embrace the politics of rage, race, and revenge.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Broadband Marxism
Bridging the digital divide will require poor nations to reverse the privatization of their telecommunications networks.
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U.S. judges must overcome a culture of legal isolationism -- or risk being left behind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Be a Free Trade Democrat
The Democratic presidential nominee must defeat misconceptions about globalization in order to forge a new trade policy that will both boost economic growth and protect workers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Measuring Globalization: You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe
Levels of globalization vs. women's well-being.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Measuring Globalization: The Days of our Lives
Levels of globalization vs. life expectancies at birth.
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Measuring Globalization: Economic Reversals, Forward Momentum
The fourth annual A.T. Kearney/FOREIGN POLICY Globalization Index reveals that even as the world economy slowed, Internet growth in poor countries and increased cross-border travel deepened global links. In last year's index, Ireland and Switzerland topped our ranking of political, economic, personal, and technological globalization in 62 countries. Find out who's up, who's down, and who's the most global of them all this year.
