From Globalization, Sherrow O. Pinder (CSU-Chico): Globalization and Beyond: The Future of Poor Nations. An article by Paul Volcker on how to fix the World Bank. Globalization was good then, not now: Wealthy nations grimace about competition, only after emerging economies follow their advice. Decoupling, the notion that the rest of the world can weather the effects of a slowing US economy, had all the attributes of a successful advertising campaign. Magnets for money: Financial centres are booming, despite predictions that new technology would spell their doom. But competition is getting keener. The introduction to Charging Ahead: The Growth and Regulation of Payment Card Markets around the World by Ronald J. Mann. A review of Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Counterfeiters Are Hijacking the Global Economy by Moises Naim.
