While feigning outrage at worker abuse in Bangladesh, the U.S. government has been quietly supporting the same sweatshop factories used by Wal-Mart and the Gap.
Posts Tagged: globalization
Zombies speak to our perennial anxieties about war, pandemics, and globalization.
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.
President Obama has surpassed George W. Bush as a champion of globalization.
The nomination of Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank meets with the approval of many opposed to globalization.
A new report from the World Economic Forum that tries to make sense of the wave of protest and unrest sweeping the world may signal a new approach to global security in Western capitals.
Rumors of the anti-globalization movement's death have been greatly exaggerated.
The man who called NAFTA "devastating" and "a big mistake" on the campaign trail is promoting free-trade agreements.
The Republicans are scared of the world, and this drives their anti-government mania.
Since it is the 200th anniversary of the British Luddite protests this month, that movement has been getting some attention.