"We need to think about all of us as being citizens of the same world"
Joseph E Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics - the Economics of Information. This earned him the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001. …
Civil v political
Arguably, this is the hottest political summer for Delhi. Reason: friction between anti-corruption activists and the Union government over the …
Another world is possible
Optimism is a great friend but a bad guide. The Asian Social Forum meeting in Hyderabad, India, deliberately avoided this truism while …
SEZ, how special?
Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …
Fragile sustenance
LIFE ON THE EDGE: SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS·N S Jodha· Oxford University Press· …
Higher agency helps small farmers reap globalisation benefits: Study
A new study examined how flow of goods, resources and people in global market facilitated farmers’ livelihoods
Protecting endangered languages feels right, but does it really help people?
The theme of righting historical wrongs among minority groups assumes they will somehow benefit from defence of their language
Do Globalise
Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate Author: Naomi Klein Editor: Debra Ann Levy Leftword Books October 2002
Balancing trade wars
Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now
The road to the great regression
In the 21st century, counter reactions to globalisation have been taking radically different forms
'Capital lies with a few, power with the masses'
Only one of the 350 newspapers started as a cooperative venture after Independence survived government's attempts to shut them down. The newspeper'…
Shelf life
The Lives of Ants by Laurent Keller and Elisabeth Gordon,Oxford University Press, USA, $28
COVID-19: ‘Pandemics are the spillovers of globalisation’
To harvest the benefits of globalisation, one has to manage the risks. The answer is not deglobalisation.
Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world
International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global …
STEMming brain drain in COVID-19 era
Brain drain is likely to re-emerge as an important conflict of interest between source and recipient countries
Globalisation and its discontents: Why there's a backlash and how it needs to change
The electoral victory of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of an aggressive nationalism in Europe are all part of a backlash to globalization
Revenge of the rich
Trump's election reflects the anger of the rich who did not get richer. This inequity is also at the core of the climate change challenge
World’s ‘model diet’ under threat from lifestyle changes, globalisation
A study shows that people in the Mediterranean region are shying away from fruits and legumes and digging more into meat and dairy products
A tale of two meetings
The North East Council reduced to a farce at one. Gibberish over interlinking rivers at another
Japan at cross roads
If there is one country that has done quite well for itself in managing the natural environment throughout its history, it is Japan. But the run …
Identity crisis
Rightwing parties provide an illusion of certainty: the one thing that many Europeans reeling under new pressures are hungrily groping for
Look back at the decade: Globalisation
A series to highlight crucial points in the second decade of the new millenium: Here's looking at how ultra-localism started to …
Quarry hunt
Contrasting sentiments marked the opening of the 19th World Mining Congress in New Delhi on November 1. President A P J Abdul Kalam warmly …
Stockholm+50: How do we prepare for the next half century
When we mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm conference, we need to discuss consumption and production in a globalised world
Celebrating WSF 2004
When 80,000 people talk it makes noise. So it wasn't unusual for the fourth World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai to be snidely called a huge '…