List of Globalization articles
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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.
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Soccer Vs. McWorld
What could be more global than soccer? The world's leading professional players and owners pay no mind to national borders, with major teams banking revenues in every currency available on the foreign exchange and billions of fans cheering for their champions in too many languages to count. But in many ways, the beautiful game reveals much more about globalization's limits than its possibilities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Microfinance Changes the Lives of Millions
One person at a time.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Cost of Living Dangerously
Can the global economy absorb the expenses of fighting terrorism?
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European Integration, Unplugged
Most of the 14,000 inhabitants of Elektrenai, Lithuania, voted to join the European Union in May 2003 because membership promised a better life. In some ways, however, their European future looks a lot like their Soviet past, with new bureaucratic masters, new rules, and the revival of a giant power plant that once made their town a model of state socialism. A parable about the promises and pitfalls of European integration.
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Gang World
Street gangs are proliferating around the world. The United States has unwittingly spurred this phenomenon by deporting tens of thousands of immigrants with criminal records each year. But that only partly explains how gangs went global. Credit also goes to the Internet, where gangs are staking out turf and spreading their culture online. Gang members may have never heard of globalization, but it is making them stronger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Brain Trade
FP looks at the global state of Higher Ed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Measuring Globalization
The fifth annual A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index shows that global integration survived the turbulence of the Iraq war, a sharp economic downturn, and the failure of trade talks. Our ranking of political, economic, personal, and technological globalization in 62 countries reveals that the world is still coming together. Find out who's up, who's down, and how they got there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Most Dangerous Deficit
Why the supply and demand for global public goods could kill you.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Megaplayers Vs. Micropowers
Rising instability is good news for the little guy -- and bad for everyone else.
