We’ve been on the path to globalized trade so long now that it is possible to imagine what the future may look like. Is yesterday’s conspiracy — the New World Order — tomorrow’s reality? This column compares an abstract subject to something most of us are far more comfortable with: raindrops.
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What Raindrops Tell us About the Emergent World Order
Posted in economy, politics, tagged 21st Century, adopting, agitators, all-size-fits-all, allegations, alter the way we live, American, analogy, Asean Plus Six, Asian, bailout, Barack Obama, barriers, block, bode, body, borders, bottom line, brainwash, broken, bureaucracy, business, capitalism, captive, challenges, change, civil, civil unrest, codependent, coercion, coined the phrase, collectivist, commonwealth, communism, comparative advantage, competition, concentrate, concentration of power, confederacy, conflicting, consolidate, conspiracy, conspirator, Constitution, cooperation, corporation, crisis, culture, currency, customs union theory, deceive, deconstruct, deliver on, downside, economics, eggs in one basket, emergent, enmeshed, evolution by stealth, expedient, experiment, fact, fascism, fearmonger, fears, federation, fiction, finance, foolhardy, force, foreign policy, framework, free trade, freedom, Friedmanesque, Friedmanism, future, global, globalization, goal, groups, guarantee, H.G. Wells, H.W. Bush, history, hope, horizon, human, idealism, imagined, impersonal, in name only, independence, individual, interregionalism, is United States, issues, Jerome Corsi, jobs, justice, language, law, legal, legislation, liberty, lies, logical extension, Lou Dobbs, maps, market, media, member, metaphor, military complex, myth, NAFTA, NASCO, nation, national sovereignty passe, nationalization, nature, neocapitalist, neoclassical economists, net gain, new deal, new economy, new empire, new world order, North American, NWO, offset, opponents, opportunity, opt out, optimal currency area theory, organization, oversell, paranoid, peacetime, policy, policymakers, practical, practice, pragmatic, president, Prime Minister Brown, principles, progress, promise, proposals, prosperity, psychology, public opinion, push, raindrops, real, reality, reconstruct, Reform, regional security complex, regionalization, relationship, replace, representative, representative democracy, rights, Ross Perot, rule of law, scale, secure, security, serious questions, shift, Single Market and Economy, socialism, speak out, specialization, SPP, states, stimulus, subservient, succession, SuperCorridor Project, sustainable, theory, threat, timeline, Trans-Texas Corridor, transnational, transnational progressives, treaty, trend, Union, unrest, Urban Legend, usher in, Utopian, venture, wages, weakest link, WFM, Woodrow Wilson, workers, world federalism movement, world leaders on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
American Competitiveness: The New Untouchables or The New Half Truth?
Posted in economy, politics, technology, tagged NAFTA, economy, debt, economists, spending, Dollar, globalism, business, bankruptcy, Green, Reform, success, control, talent, illusion, blame, reality, doctors, technology, Wall Street, Main Street, banks, financial, trade, international, capitalism, risk, middle class, China, system, waste, unemployment, policy, jobs, future, pride, rational, US, career, factory, wages, standard of living, education, taxation, hiring, consequences, ethics, debate, security, economic, foreclosure, revenues, academia, university, America, world, workers, myths, disposable, Third World, First World, Microsoft, Google, cost, costly, NYT, Century, progress, loss, skills, consumers, expansion, implications, corporate, competitive, disadvantage, Thomas Friedman, New York Times, columnist, schools, untouchables, irreplaceable, applicants, resume, degree, college, training, teachers, educators, new normal, decline, rise, challenge, compete, family, marriage, India, superpower, globalization, Todd Martin, CEO, global, recruit, lawyers, MBAs, saturated, pool, big fish, edge, Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, average, American Dream, appliances, quality, innovator, creative, analytical, motivated, driven, succeed, substitute, labor, Old South, slave, problem solving, trend, higher ed, panacea, imbalance, interview, living wage, working class, workplace, thrive, survive, student loans, downwardly mobile, finances, ramifications, Lawrence Katz, seeker, poverty, protections, human rights, sweatshops, child, laborers, Big Business, opportunism, level playing field, projections, planned obsolescence, warranty, longevity, built to last, life span, branding, marketing, scam, complaints, inferior, product, defect, repairs, poor workmanship, quality control, cheap, expensive, deception, afford, market, elite, house of cards, purchase, ladder, inhumane, ahead, Great Recession, jobless recovery, replace, feudalism, noncompetitive, collectible, grad school, academic inflation, STEM, doctoral, masters, bachelor of arts, Ph.D, higher learning, retrain, unethical, fast buck, cheaply, consumerism, boutique, sweat shop, high end, low end, retailer, disparity, bottom lines, race to the bottom, down waging, silent depression, tipping point, Keynesian, make work, hegemony, conglomerates, laissez faire, transnational, perfect market, economic insecurity, insource, outsource, offshoring, lowest common denominator, lies, zero sum, game theory, brain drain, hidden costs, leaders, ranking, prediction, forecast, jobs creation, stimulus, slippery slope, traders, analysis, free market, neocapitalism, immigration, benchmark, free trade, MIT, Susan Hockfield on October 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman makes a superficially compelling case for reforming education in pursuit of American Competitiveness. But is he overstating its promise?
If Justice is Blind, Sotomayor is Anything But
Posted in notes on the human condition, politics, tagged candidate, Obama, perception, power, empowerment, self, wisdom, accountability, president, liberal, congress, Constitution, character, pride, rational, human nature, US, administration, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, judgment, blind, justice, bench, vetting, Latina, cultural, ethnic, ethnocentric, court, white male, racism, sexism, humanity, superior, elitism, activism, academia, university, history, studies, language, vision, country, nation, voters, law, identity, marginalization, equality, fixation, culture wars, self esteem, tapestry, human experience, dominance, social position, Associated Press, Robert Gibbs, 2001, speech, statement, poor, choice, words, Berkley, school, activist, lecture, UC, caucasians, wiser, regrets, nominee, sentiments, true colors, heritage, proud, knowledge, professor, convey, express, jockeying, radicalization, politically incorrect, courtroom, cases, selfish, self promotion, consequence, shortsighted, discretion, discern, sound mind, eccentric, conscience, institutionalized, appoint, hubris, America, one-upmanship, Obama administration, Hispanic, subjugate, superiority, ethnicity, victimization, restitution, privileged, class, discretion is the better part of valor, Harriet Miers, judicial seat, loose cannons, agenda, gender, discrimination, Dianne Feinstein, vitriol, affirmative action, reverse discrimination, La Raza, diabetes, SCOTUS, identity politics, social theorists, thought form, self identification, victimhood, abuser, race relations, power structures, fire fighters, lawsuits, Appeals Court, bigoted, racialist on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s controversial comment reveals a competing priority. Does someone who so openly esteems one ethnic or gender group’s potential over another belong on the bench?
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