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Why the world isn't flat

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Globalization appears to closely connect people, countries and markets, but a detailed examination of the available data reveals that only a small part of what is considered globalization actually exists. The 21st-century world is only just beginning to comprehend the potential of modern global integration, and even this little bit of globalization is in danger of being lost.

Author: Ghemawat, Pankaj
Publisher: Heldref Publications
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 2007
Political aspects, International competition (Commerce), International competition (Economics), Japanese competition

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Offshore trade: Making sense of the arguments

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'Offshoring' is the latest twist on an inaccurate, decades-old complaint that global trade is stealing jobs and causing a 'race to the bottom'. Ten points clarifying this assumptions are discussed stating that the transformed jobs and the new wealth jobs created as a result of this Offshoring has led to higher standard of living.

Author: Lindsey, Brink
Publisher: Heldref Publications
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 2004
Outsourcing

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Debtor nation: The rising risks of the American dream, on a borrowed dime

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The article examines the increasing consumerism in America, which is being financed by an infusion of foreign cash flow.

Author: Shaw, Jonathan
Publisher: Heldref Publications
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 2007
Public affairs, Social aspects, Analysis, Economic aspects, Consumer advocacy, Consumerism, Debt management

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Subjects list: United States, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Globalization, United States economic conditions
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