"Davos 2001," the Star Tribune's Jan. 30 editorial on the World Economic Forum, accurately points out the growing consensus that the global economy is leaving many behind. But the solution is not to defer to invisible hands of a handful of elites, as the editorial suggests.
Media pundits had fun last month portraying two major global meetings at Davos and Porto Alegre as totally opposed events symbolizing an unbridgeable divide between those who favor globalization and those who oppose it.
The killing of one protestor and wounding of more than a hundred others in Genoa is yet another sign that our systems of global relations and governance are not working.
The killing of one protestor and wounding of more than a hundred others in Genoa is yet another sign that our systems of global relations and governance are not working.
There was a great deal about the outcome of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations that did not make me happy. One important exception was the promise that the creation of the World Trade Organization would end forever the need for any future "rounds" of negotiations.
"Davos 2001," the Star Tribune's Jan. 30 editorial on the World Economic Forum, accurately points out the growing consensus that the global economy is leaving many behind. But the solution is not to defer to invisible hands of a handful of elites, as the editorial suggests.
Media pundits had fun last month portraying two major global meetings at Davos and Porto Alegre as totally opposed events symbolizing an unbridgeable divide between those who favor globalization and those who oppose it.
Many, including those on op-ed pages around the country, dismissed the tens of thousands of people protesting the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier this month as misguided, anti-globalization, flat-landers. This would be a mistake.
Mockery of a Multilateral Trading System: Who Is Accountable?, A
An initial look at the unarticulated and non-transparent process leading up to the 4th WTO Ministerial Meeting.Alternative forum was first step toward democratic globalization - February 17, 2001
"Davos 2001," the Star Tribune's Jan. 30 editorial on the World Economic Forum, accurately points out the growing consensus that the global economy is leaving many behind. But the solution is not to defer to invisible hands of a handful of elites, as the editorial suggests.Common Ground - Davos and Porto Alegre: Mirrored Events? - February 19, 2001
Media pundits had fun last month portraying two major global meetings at Davos and Porto Alegre as totally opposed events symbolizing an unbridgeable divide between those who favor globalization and those who oppose it.Genoa: Chaos or Opportunity - July 27, 2001
The killing of one protestor and wounding of more than a hundred others in Genoa is yet another sign that our systems of global relations and governance are not working.Genoa: Chaos or Opportunity - July 27, 2001
The killing of one protestor and wounding of more than a hundred others in Genoa is yet another sign that our systems of global relations and governance are not working.The Water Business
You have probably never heard of the quasi-governmental International Organization for Standards (ISO).No New Round - August 24, 2001
There was a great deal about the outcome of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations that did not make me happy. One important exception was the promise that the creation of the World Trade Organization would end forever the need for any future "rounds" of negotiations.Alternative forum was first step toward democratic globalization - February 17, 2001
"Davos 2001," the Star Tribune's Jan. 30 editorial on the World Economic Forum, accurately points out the growing consensus that the global economy is leaving many behind. But the solution is not to defer to invisible hands of a handful of elites, as the editorial suggests.Common Ground - Davos and Porto Alegre: Mirrored Events? - February 19, 2001
Media pundits had fun last month portraying two major global meetings at Davos and Porto Alegre as totally opposed events symbolizing an unbridgeable divide between those who favor globalization and those who oppose it.Cracks in the Global Foundation - April 25, 2000
Many, including those on op-ed pages around the country, dismissed the tens of thousands of people protesting the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier this month as misguided, anti-globalization, flat-landers. This would be a mistake.