From Foreign Policy, an article on the Globalization Index 2007, with measures of countries on their economic, personal, technological, and political integration. From Financial Times, Naomi Klein argues that ideologues use crises to further the capitalist agenda. Is she right or just scaremongering? Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is like being trapped in the Guardian’s Weekend section forever, with only activists from the European Social Forum for company—in short, it’s not very good. More on Supercapitalism by Robert Reich. Martin Wolf on the brave new world of state capitalism. Rising tide: No, global capitalism is not making the poor even poorer. Democracy, GDP and natural disasters: A groundbreaking new analysis of the effects of natural disasters around the world is revealing that the greater the democracy and national income, the lesser the impact of natural disasters on a country. A review of The Law-Growth Nexus: The Rule of Law and Economic Development by Kenneth Dam. A review of A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark. Economics for adults: David Warsh reviews Economics: A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta. Why is economist Ed Glaeser writing for the New York Sun? Tyler Cowen wants to know.
