As fears of a possible worldwide pandemic of swine flu continue to grow, the World Health Organization raised its pandemic threat level Tuesday, and WHO … American fluRead more
Globalization
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Pirates of Somalia
By Johann Hari Pirates have never been quite who we think they are. In the “golden age of piracy” – from 1650 to 1730 – … Pirates of SomaliaRead more
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Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Migrants
Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Migrants. – David Bacon Nearly a million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes along the … Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes MigrantsRead more
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End of Flat World
Tom Friedman wrote “The World is Flat”, suggesting that globalization had leveled the playing field between industrial and emerging countries. Jeff Rubin of CIBC World … End of Flat WorldRead more