12 videos tagged economic globalization
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Tariq Banuri
Can economics measure everything? (Part 1)
In this two-part series, Tariq Banuri expresses his opinion that while economic instruments are important, they should not be applied to all aspects of our lives (as economists…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Tariq Banuri
Can economics measure everything? (Part 2)
In this two-part series, Tariq Banuri expresses his opinion that while economic instruments are important, they should not be applied to all aspects of our lives (as economists…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Paul Rice
Does Fair Trade work?
Paul Rice talks about how fair trade can help align the interests of corporations and small farmers without sacrificing profitability. As companies look to reduce costs in an increasingly…
Recorded: 27 March 2006
Paul Rice
What is difference between Fair Trade and Free Trade?
Recent studies by the World Bank conclude that the benefits of free trade and economic liberalization have failed to reach the world’s poorest people. Rice notes that many…
Recorded: 27 March 2006
John Cavanagh
What are the risks of deregulation?
John Cavanagh expresses his concerns about the lack of constraints on the United States or on the power of global corporations. Historically, corporations were more accountable…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
Are corporations too powerful?
John Cavanagh gives examples of ways in which global corporations have set the world’s financial institutions – the IMF, World Bank and WTO (formerly GATT). Oil companies…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
What impacts has globalization had?
John Cavanagh looks at the history of economic globalization. He believes we are emerging from a “dark age” of the 1980s and 1990s, which saw the rise of what George…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
John Cavanagh examines the arguments that came from corporate globalizers back in 1980s. Their message is no longer convincing. The rules by which corporations and financial institutions…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
What will the future of globalization look like?
John Cavanagh sees hope in the development of a more benign form of globalization. He suggests that there are two main ways in which positive change continues to manifest itself.…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Jerry Mander
What’s wrong with economic globalization?
Jerry Mander talks about how the global economic system, established half a century ago at Bretton Woods, is fundamentally unsustainable. He argues that the poor are not benefiting…
Recorded: 24 January 2005
Jerry Mander
What is the impact of agribusiness on the world?
Jerry Mander describes the hugely destructive effects of agribusiness on local economies in developing countries. Agribusiness creates profit maximization by amassing large land…
Recorded: 24 January 2005
Helena Norberg-Hodge
What does economic globalization entail?
Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about globalization. She explains how governments across the political spectrum pander to private sector demands, often at the expense of smaller businesses.…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
