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- Debunking Third-World Myths (PBS.org)
"You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called 'developing world' using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop. Asian countries, as colorful bubbles, float across the grid -- toward better national health and wealth. Animated bell curves representing national income distribution squish and flatten. In Rosling's hands, global trends -- life expectancy, child mortality, poverty rates -- become clear, intuitive and even playful." 07-07
- Gapminder: Per Capita Income and Life Expectancy (PBS.org)
"You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called 'developing world' using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop. Asian countries, as colorful bubbles, float across the grid -- toward better national health and wealth. Animated bell curves representing national income distribution squish and flatten. In Rosling's hands, global trends -- life expectancy, child mortality, poverty rates -- become clear, intuitive and even playful." 07-07
- Essay on Globalization by Corporations and Control of Water (ThirdWorldTraveler.com - Shiva)
Provides an essay by Vandana Shiva on globalization by corporations and their control of water in third world countries. 1-02
- Global English Hybrid Languages (BBC News)
"Hinglish - a hybrid of English and south Asian languages, used both in Asia and the UK - now has its own dictionary."
"There is Spanglish, used in parts of the United States where people shift seamlessly between Spanish and English, and where hybrid words are created - such as a sign 'No hangear' meaning 'No hanging around.' " 01-07
- Global Understanding (theGlobalist.com)
"The daily online magazine on the global economy, politics, and culture." 06-07
- Globalization Issues (About.com - Porter)
Discusses the pros and cons of globalization and "Americanization." "Globalization will always have cheerleaders who are blind to the destruction globalization can cause. And it will always have strident opponents blind to the way globalization gives some people their first opportunity to fulfill basic aspirations."
"As with most issues, the majority of people will be in the middle. They will see globalization not as something to worship or demonize. Instead, they will see it as something to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyone."
- Globalization and Cultural Diversity (Cultural Collaboratory - Breidenbach and Zukrigl)
Argues that globalization may create new and healthy forms of cultural diversity.
- Globalization and Poverty (Globalizaiton Website)
Discusses whether globalization causes poverty.
- Jihad Vs. McWorld (TheAtlantic.com - Barber)
Presents world politics as a contest between between alternative world views, the Western vision of globalization (or McWorld) versus the movement back to tribal communities (or Jihad). Argues that neither approach necessarily supports democracy but that democracy can be fostered within both approaches. (This was written in 1995.) 10-01
- Lessons from Botswana (BusinessWeek.com - Koppisch)
"The country posting the highest gross-domestic-product growth since 1966 is Botswana, a landlocked nation in southern Africa that's two-thirds desert. Its economy has expanded an average of 7% a year since it won independence from Britain that year, according to the World Bank." 8-02
- Small Is Profitable (BusinessWeek.com)
Describes the successful trend to "focus on inexpensive, downsized, simple-to-use products" for the developing world. "All these efforts are aimed at what could well be the biggest source of economic growth in the coming decades: the two-thirds of the global population now making $1,500 or less annually."
- Suing International Corporations for Human Rights Violations (GlobalPolicy.org)
"The Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) of 1789 grants jurisdiction to US Ferderal Courts over 'any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.' " 1-04
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