(Freighter experts) Does the world-wide shipping industry have hidden (or open) subsidies? [more inside]
posted by coffeefilter on Aug 17, 2009 - 9 answers

What tools are out there for globalizing/internationalizing English text? [more inside]
posted by tenaciousd on Apr 3, 2009 - 3 answers

Multi-tasking in the Middle East -- planning a trip to the region and have a few goals to accomplish. Besides being a vacation, this trip is also equal parts family reunion and cultural diaspora study (personal, not academic). Looking for tips on this kind of trip! [more inside]
posted by milkdropcoronet on Jan 18, 2009 - 4 answers

My subcontinental Indian co-workers and vendors keep using my surname as my first name when corresponding with me in e-mail. Why? [more inside]
posted by kalessin on Oct 9, 2008 - 20 answers

Can you recommend good blogs about globalization? I am particularly interested in the effects of globalization on modern international and (US) domestic law.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout on Aug 14, 2008 - 2 answers

Give me examples of Globalization in urban Ethiopia [more inside]
posted by carefulmonkey on Mar 15, 2008 - 8 answers

GlobalPovertyFilter: Is poverty in the third world and emerging countries like India and China due more to exploitation by multinational corporations, or due to disconnection from globalization? [more inside]
posted by ibmcginty on Jun 26, 2006 - 16 answers

Are Americans really all that ignorant? [more inside]
posted by BigBrownBear on Nov 18, 2005 - 84 answers

Where have all the good staplers gone? [more inside]
posted by craniac on Oct 12, 2005 - 28 answers

Why doesn't Africa get more outsourcing work? [more inside]
posted by me3dia on Jul 5, 2005 - 13 answers

I just read a wire story stating that, "hundreds of thousands of people may die and one quarter of the work force could be absent if Britain were hit by a bird flu pandemic said." How seriously should we be worried?
posted by trinarian on Mar 22, 2005 - 22 answers

Globalization on Film: I’m looking for suggestions for recent films which deal with the topic of globalization in interesting ways. [MI+] [more inside]
posted by tulseluper on Jan 31, 2005 - 19 answers

Amy Chua's book "World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability"discusses how ethnic minorities in many developing countries dominate the country economically. (The Chinese in many southeast Asian countries, whites in parts of Africa, etc)

Do any other MeFites know of other books or resources that discuss this phenomenon? (which undoubtely will only become more prevalaent as the world globalizes)
posted by jare2003 on Oct 5, 2004 - 3 answers

Where is this globalization one hears so much about? [More inside.] [more inside]
posted by MiguelCardoso on Jun 10, 2004 - 19 answers