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Articles with tag: globalization

Anomalies of Economic Liberalization

ummad mazhar   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 2

When viewed against economic liberalization, the consumption and saving decisions of middle and low income countries help secure the status of developed countries.

Global Recession and China

mahmood Mahmood   Oct 20, 2008   interacts: 8

Decoupling, the theory that Chinese economy is independent and is not dependent upon USA and EU market has been tested severely under the after math of the recent financial crisis

Local Knowledge, Capital, and Social Change in the Age of Globalization

Rohit Chopra   Sep 20, 2007   interacts: 3

Whether it is selling vegetables or tourism, the local agent does not, by definition, possess anything that cannot be brought from elsewhere in the globe.

The Reality of Disposable Kids

Faris Kasim   Sep 11, 2007   interacts: 12

Child laborers, Sex workers and factory workers in the third world are all really slaves. Victims of the people's residence in unreality and constant indifference.

Globalization and Human Relationship

Nasim Hassan   Mar 26, 2007   interacts: 32

Globalization has stressed all relationships. It is imperative to understand this phenomenon and to take steps to adjust to the changing environment.

This Really Gets My Goat

Shandana Minhas   Jan 22, 2007   interacts: 169

As the outcry against the Pakistani governments plan to mine the Durand Line grows, I am reminded of the title of a Ray Bradbury novel published in 1985, Death Is A Lonely Business. Death is a lonely business. Step on an anti-personnel landmine, and it

The Globalization of Spirituality

Saima Shah   Dec 11, 2006   interacts: 50

When Soros became socialist and Bill Gates generous, we all knew something big was happening. We theorized, we fantasized and we said,’aaha, perhaps intense consumerism leads to something good—philanthropy!’

Industrial Food

Saima Shah   Oct 2, 2006   interacts: 39

Industrial Food is not just about food production, but also about globalization. Multinational corporations affect food production all over the world. Food has been contaminated all over the world with synthetic chemicals

Islam and the Age of Globalization

Bina Shah   Jun 18, 2006   interacts: 280

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Professor Akbar S. Ahmed's latest brainchild is a project on Islam in the Age of Globalization, an in-depth look into how technology and the interactions of civilizations are affecting the practice and cultural trad

The Leveling of America

Saima Shah   Dec 14, 2005   interacts: 630

Friedman shows us how the world became flat and isolates ten flatteners of the world. The flatteners range from computer technology to changing political ideology.

Invisible Immigrations, Furtive Bleedings

Harish Nambiar   Nov 13, 2005   interacts: 13

Unfortunately, the ghetto is moving into the city. The city is bleeding into the ghetto...Destinies are converging constantly and very swiftly in the globalised and globalizing world.

Life inside and outside the Bubble

shan rehman   Apr 19, 2005   interacts: 31

The children’s eyes staring into the multicolored wonderland of Mcdonald’s, the beggars tapping the rolled-up car windows at traffic stops. There isn’t room for everyone inside, with the air-conditioner on. There never will be.

Shrinking Violets in the Global Village

Amrita Rajan   Feb 24, 2005   interacts: 72

They come on TV shows and accuse each other of chicanery; they create issues where none exist; they worry audibly about our morals while possessing none themselves; they embezzle our money and wail about the disastrous state of our economy; they nearly di

Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan

Nadeem F Paracha   Dec 13, 2004   interacts: 29

A complete chronology of influences on Pakistani Pop music and the rapid trend to being 'globalized'

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