Globalization

Globalization is a term used to describe a global society of people connected by commerce, trade, diplomacy and technology. The internet has enabled virtually anyone, anywhere in the world the means of accessing information and therefore our world has, figuratively become smaller.

On an economic level, the conception of globalization influences international currencies and exchange rates in support of global rather than local economies. One of the clearest manifestations of economic globalization takes place in terms of transnational corporation.

Globalization also pertains to the increased need for cultural awareness and sensitivity, as our accessibility to various cultural practices and languages is facilitated by international travel, the internet and currency exchange.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Globalization”

• Leaders urge new low-carbon initiatives for success at climate talks

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 150
  • The world has reached a point of no return in the fight against climate change • Business, government and civil society leaders call for funding and partnerships to support local projects • The leaders believe these initiatives will facilitate the ultimate success of Copenhagen Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ...
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• David Harsanyi on why the Stock Transaction Tax is a Terrible Idea

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 547
  For the investor (the person who risks the capital to create real live self-sustaining jobs), every investment, whether it results in a profit or not, would be taxed two more times. What is near certainty is that this bill will succeed at driving traders to international markets that are escaping the stilted ...
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• Not-so-wonderful Copenhagen

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 150
  A forthcoming climate-change summit will not produce a binding deal on emissions EXPECTATIONS for the Copenhagen climate conference, held next month in Denmark, have been steadily dwindling. On Sunday November 15th, as Barack Obama toured Asia, he and the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, quietly agreed ...
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• BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 148: MONETARY POLICY

  
  Cambridge Forecast Group Blog — Authority: 134
  BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 148 available Press, Service ( press@bis.org) Publications, Service ( Publications@bis.org ) Fri 11/24 /09 Please find BIS Review No 148 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) ...
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• BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 149: FINANCIAL STABILITY

  
  Cambridge Forecast Group Blog — Authority: 134
  BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 149 available Press, Service ( press@bis.org) Publications, Service ( Publications@bis.org ) Fri 11/25 /09 Please find BIS Review No 149 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) ...
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• BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 150: LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS

  
  Cambridge Forecast Group Blog — Authority: 134
  BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 150 available Press, Service ( press@bis.org) Publications, Service ( Publications@bis.org ) Fri 11/27/09 Please find BIS Review No 150 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. ...
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• Fears stalk global markets on Dubai debt crisis

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 547
  Shares in London tumbled as the market opened this morning, following steep losses in Asia, as investor panic over banks exposure to Dubais growing financial problems gathered pace. The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares fell by 83.46 points to 5,110.67 in early trading, adding to yesterdays loss of 170.68 points. ...
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• Behold: The World’s 10 Fattest Countries

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 587
  Laurie Cunningham writes on GlobalPost : If you tend to pack on a few pounds over the holidays, blame it on globalization. As the world has grown smaller, we’ve all grown larger — alarmingly so. In countries around the world, waistlines are expanding so rapidly that health experts recently coined a term for the ...
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• What I Wish I Could Be Thankful For: American Himarts

  
  Mostly Harmless — Authority: 521
  For those who are wondering why there are so many great Korean women golfers, Yoon Chul from the Korea Times has one answer: corporate support of player development. Electronics retailer Himarks team--which was lead by Ji-Yai Shin and now includes So Yeon Ryu, Sun Ju Ahn, and Bo Mi Lee among its 17 members--has ...
  23 hours ago

• What Dubai Says About Capitalism: Not Much

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 765
  You sort of just knew Dubai was going to implode.  Or if you didnt, you sure should have. Bloomberg reports: Dubai is shaking investor confidence across the Persian Gulf after its proposal to delay debt payments risked triggering the biggest sovereign default since Argentina in 2001.   The cost of ...
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• Proposals for Global Redesign go forward as Summit on the Global Agenda closes.

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 150
  • The second Summit of the Global Agenda closed today with participants putting forward a host of ideas for redesigning the global system • The proposals debated by the Global Agenda Councils will form the basis of discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, in January ...
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• Something Else to Be Thankful For: Golf Channels Spotlight on Ai Miyazato

  
  Mostly Harmless — Authority: 521
  On the road to Syracuse for Thanksgiving this morning, but couldnt resist passing along this attempt by Golf Channel to educate its viewers about Ai Miyazato during the 1st round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational: If GC had a different spotlight player every round of every tournament in 2010, just think what a ...
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• My Learning Journey

  
  Sunday Posts — Authority: 121
  Recently, I was asked to write a short autobiographical note, highlighting major learning experiences in life. This was an interesting exercise, as it allowed me to reflect back on what I have done so far. I reproduce my submission below. Two themes became clear to me. One, all my life has been a search. For a ...
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• US to go to Copenhagen summit with proposed target on carbon emissions

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 150
  • Barack Obama to announce target in next three weeks • Figure to be provisional in nature, officials say The White House said today it would go to the Copenhagen climate change summit with a proposed target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after facing international pressure to commit to stronger action on ...
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• JLPGA Q-School 3rd Stage Thursday: Arai on the Bubble; All Other Name Players Moving on to the Final Qualifying Tournament

  
  Mostly Harmless — Authority: 521
  The results are in from the JLPGA 3rd-stage Q-School event in Tochigi prefecture . Tadashi Megumi Lu is your medalist at -6, followed by Bong Su Tseng at -5. The players Ive been tracking didnt shoot the lights out, but they hung in there and will be moving on to the Final Qualifying Tournament next week: 9th/E ...
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• Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery: Ingrid Schaffner, Lisa Jacobs

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential art dealers of the twentieth century. The Julien Levy Gallery, which opened in New York in 1931 and closed in 1949, played an essential role in the shift of the cultural avant-garde from Paris to New York. It was the first American [...]
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• David Buick’s Marvelous Motorcar: The Men and the Automobile That Launched General Motors: Lawrence R. Gustin

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews The storied Buick Motor Company, which formed the foundation for General Motors, "had the management of stars," said legendary GM executive Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Indeed, early Buick leaders included the charismatic Billy Durant, founder of GM; Charles Nash, a founder of what became American Motors; ...
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• Spag : An American Business Legend: Elsa B. Tivnan, Catherine Nickerson

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews Way before Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target and Sam’s Club, there was Spags, the original discount store and hub-of-the-universe to frugal-minded New England Yankees looking for a bargain. Order Spag : An American Business Legend: Elsa B. Tivnan, Catherine Nickerson form Amazon.
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• The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor: Nelson Lichtenstein

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Onetime Ford Motor die-maker Walter Reuther launched a sit-down strike in 1937 that forced General Motors to bargain with a multiplant union. Another key strike against GM, led by the indefatigable, self-confident United Automobile Workers (UAW) president from Wheeling, ...
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• Guest Book Review: The Genius of the Beast

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 125
  The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism  by Howard Bloom Reviewed by J. Scott Shipman Mr. Bloom may have a modern-day classic in his third book, The Genius of the Beast, A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism . Bloom delivers a tour-de-force with obvious and not-so-obvious evidence ...
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