Tag Archives: globalization

Systemic Failure: Lessons from the World of Trade for the World of Finance

Why have the trade and finance systems performed so differently in the financial crisis?

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Turkey’s Supreme Irony: Kayseri’s Business Globalists

How are small-town businessmen in Turkey paving the way for a new generation of Middle Easterners?

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Dateline Germany: The Ballack-Boateng Case

Nations used to go to war over all sorts of obscure matters. Does soccer help to channel — and ultimately deflect — such destructive tensions?

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The Coming of the Third Industrial Revolution

How will the Third Industrial Revolution allow us to sculpt a new approach to globalization?

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Max Weber: A Modern-Day Globalization Guru? (Part V)

How can Max Weber help us understand the role religion plays in globalization?

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Religion as a Globalizing Force (Part IV)

In what ways was religion the first force that helped to globalize the world?

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When Corporations Get Religion (Part III)

How have corporations taken on the role traditionally played by religion?

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Globalization as a Massive Civilizational Shift (Part II)

How does globalization foster innovative global patterns of life and more complex identities?

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A Protestant View of Globalization (Part I)

What prevents many Christians from developing a theological perspective on today’s globalized world?

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Protectionism — The Dog That Didn’t Bark

Why have U.S. policymakers not looked at protectionism as an option to recover jobs after the crisis?

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