globalization

Financial market strategist David Smick comments on the volatile state of the U.S. economy, looking at how the mortgage crisis came about, offering his opinions on how bad things could get, and discussing how economic trends around the world are affecting events in America.

Contains twenty-eight essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to globalization, discussing the effects of globalization on society, the global community, and developing nations, and debating which global policies are best.

Explains globalization, discusses its history and causes, and describes its impact on the world.

An introduction to democracy that discusses the origins from the ancient Greeks and Romans through the twenty-first century, and explains how and why democracy thrives, the struggles of women and minorities to gain democratic rights, globalization and other threats, and more.

Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.

Sara Bongiorni recounts her family's year-long boycott of Chinese products, describing what she learned about how easy, or difficult, it could be to live without China, which is the world's fastest growing economy.

Examines the causes of poverty around the world, and describes how globalization is having a major effect on the way poverty is defined.

Explores how globalization is transforming every aspect of life and presents arguments both for and against the process, exploring the passion behind the issues.

Presents twenty-three articles that argue opposite perspectives on issues affecting developing nations, discussing globalization, the responsibilities of industrialized nations, and democratization.