Globalization

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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Globalization and its Discontents
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Making Globalization Work
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
The Post-American World
No Logo
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Gulag: A History
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Roger Zelazny
I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic sweep of the thing - an interstellar kula chain - affirming the differences and at the same time emphasizing the similarities of all the intelligent races in the galaxy - tying them together, building common traditions... The notion strikes me as kind of fine.
Roger Zelazny, Doorways in the Sand

Jared Diamond
Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today." (Interview, Sierra Magazine, May/June 2005) ...more
Jared Diamond

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