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In 1900 international trade reached unprecedented levels and the world's economies were more open to one another than ever before. Then as now, many people considered globalization to be inevitable and irreversible. Yet the entire edifice collapsed in a few months in 1914.Forbes | Can We Use Corporate Social Responsibility to Evaluate Companies? Forbes The Caux Round Table is an international network of experienced business leaders who advocate a principled approach to global capitalism. Steve has published Moral Capitalism, a well-received book written as a guide to use of the Caux Round Table ... and more » |
Germany: #Blockupy Protests Against Pan-European Austerity Global Voices Online The ultimate goal was to blockade the European Central Bank (ECB) and other crucial global capitalism institutions. On May 4, however, the Frankfurt Municipal Department for Public Order announced that all actions planned were deemed illegal, ... and more » |
G8 and NATO Protests Kick Off, Confronting Global Capitalism and Militarism Uprising The United States is hosting two international gatherings this week. In Chicago representatives from 60 nations will meet for the 25th NATO summit to discuss the alliance's future role in Afghanistan. The organization is expected to come to an ... and more » |
Greed and waste define global capitalism – Vavi The New Age Online Greed and waste defined global capitalism, he said, and the financial crisis and its consequences were a direct result of this. “World unemployment is now 210 million, which is the highest it has been in history.” This figure did not include the ... and more » |
The Moderate Voice | What Capitalists Don't Know: Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies The Moderate Voice by Craig Barnes In the 1990s renowned political scientist and author Ben Barber wrote in Jihad vs McWorld that global capitalism was at war with democracy. He was right, of course, and the intensity of that war has only increased since then. |
Can Asia save global capitalism? Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal (ii) The decline of the European and US economies also provide "opportunities" for Asia to take advantage of, ie to save global capitalism and become the leading force in "a global economic architecture that has been dramatically altered by the global ... and more » |
Labor Trafficking - Modern-Day Slave Trade AllAfrica.com ... even as more and more people in developing countries seek to escape conditions of economic stagnation and poverty that are often the result of the same dynamics of a system of global capitalism that have created prosperity in the developed world. and more » |
Our View: Despite protests, NATO a success worth preserving Peoria Journal Star Some were there in opposition to NATO - aka "the military arm of global capitalism" - others to give voice against climate change or the consumption of meat or consumption in general or economic inequality or tar sand oil extraction. and more » |
Asia: Considering A New Model of Capitalism The International News Magazine ... Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) met in Singapore in April, there was much discussion whether the emergence of Asia as the world's centre of economic activity could help to create a different, and perhaps a better model of global capitalism. and more » |
ANTI-AUSTERITY VERDICT Indian Express “The unsustainability of international finance capital-led imperialist globalisation is pushing global capitalism into a cycle of serious crises,” it notes. “Last few years had seen widespread protests against the manner in which global capitalism and ... |
