Note: All readings are subject
to
examination
DEADLINE: Wednesday April 14,
Noon
Value: 10 points
Modalities: Post a 2 or 3 page
essay on the discussion
board expressing your views regarding these articles.
Special Notice: You'll need to
same password we have been using since the beginning of the semester.
In Praise of Cheap Labor: Bad jobs at bad wages are better than no jobs at all. (Paul Krugman, Slate Magazine, March 20, 1997)
Trade Winds (The Economist, November 8, 1997) - PDF, Password Protected
Bearing the Weight of the Market (The Economist, December 6, 1997) - PDF, Password Protected
Globalization Needs a Dose of Democracy (Richard Falk and Andrew Strauss, International Herald Tribune, October 5, 1999)
Enemies of the WTO Bogus arguments against the World Trade Organization (Paul Krugman, Slate Magazine, November 23, 1999)
When Does Global Good Outweigh Our Own Sovereignty? (Amitai Etzioni, USA Today, December 8, 1999)
A New Politics Born of Globalization (Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, October 1, 2000)
Hearts and Heads (Paul Krugman, New York Times, April 22, 2001) - Requires free NYT Online subscription
Labor Standards Clash With Global Reality (Leslie Kaufman and David Gonzalez, New York Times, April 24, 2001) - Requires free NYT Online subscription
Protesting for Whom? (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, April 24, 2001) - Requires free NYT Online Subscription
What
the Protesters in Genoa Want (Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, New
York Times, July 20, 2001)
Here are some links related to the issue of globalization (Not subject to examination)