globalization

Brexit is one sign, maybe. In the USA, both major candidates are against the TPP multilateral trade deal. One is really against it, the other I think put her finger in the wind and decided that it just would not be the popular position to take in the current political climate to be for it, so...

Toy Prices Rise as China Wages Increase Eventually, maybe our grandkids can work in a factory making toys for Chinese kids. :p

We already talked about the NWO a lot - but the Issue I'd like to raise here is opposing distrust and angst about Globalization as a whole. In another Forum I made the following argumentations and I'd like to hear from "Truthers" and "Debunkers" what their opinions are - rather than ridiculing...

I was just going to title this thread “Agriculture Subsidies” but I figured that would probably not get much interest. So taking a page from Penn and Teller’s playbook, I figured that the best way to get a discussion started would be to say something a little more provocative. Also, before...

Trade protectionists often raise the specter of sweatshops and try to make you feel guilty for buying Nikes or other products made in poor countries. I’m here to tell you that you shouldn’t feel the least bit guilty about it. Buying products made in developing countries helps poor people...

Anybody ever heard of this guy? I've put this into Business Skepticism, because his main books are about the operation of the global economy as he sees it, but he could just as easily be in the Paranormal section because of his views on shamanism and spirituality. I've found a review of his...

I admit I hadn't heard of this one till I saw an article in today's Post-Dispatch. Evidently, CT'ers see a "super" superhighway being built from Mexico, across the US, and into Canada, with the ultimate aim of one government for all three states, one currency (the "Amero") etc. The local...

________________________________________ Money is the Unifying Principle of Globalization To understand the global capitalist system we call Globalization one must find a unifying principle. Our system of government protects rights and expects values to be freely chosen by the citizen. A...

Globalization and the Human Condition Globalized capital will drive globalized labor down to a globalized subsistence level. What do you think?

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment Dear Group Members, I want to share an article with you. This is about the link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems...

Say it ain't so... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20040601/od_uk_nm/oukoe_korea_china_kimchi