Jim wrote:
One article expressing one persons opinions 49 articles expressing 49 peoples opinions.
Yeah, I know it was a bit of a tangent. But read any one of them at random and I'll bet you'll come across a lot of things you didn't already know. And rather than taking one side "globalism is good" or "globalism is bad" (like the Salon piece), the ones I've read give plenty of justification for pros and cons of all kinds. The real enemy of the poor is complacency. ~Faustine. On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Faustine wrote:
But there's no real meat here--it's the kind of thing that tells you just enough to make you feel like you know what you're talking about, but doesn't go nearly deep enough to be worth anything.
So what's on my summer reading list? The Institute for National Strategic Studies and the National Defense University just came out with a monstrously long (1124 pp.)two-volume compendium of essays: "The Global Century: Globalization and National Security" that explores the implications of globalism in 49 essays from every angle you can think of by a collection of genuine heavy hitters. I think I'll certainly be better off for having invested the time in reading it.
here's a link to the pdf:
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/GlobalCentury/globcencont.html