Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Segger
How do global trade laws work?
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger tackles the weighty issue of global economic and trade reform in this two-part series. In this first clip, she gives a brief explanation of the historical…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Mohau Pheko
What is wrong with the way global trade works?
Since the World Trade Organization came into being in 1995 global trade in food has been distorted by agricultural subsidies. New trade agreements encourage subsidized farmers in…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Mohau Pheko
How can we have a fair global agricultural system?
Pheko believes that farm subsidies distort prices on world food markets and perpetuate domestic cronyism. She believes that the present arrangements favour multinational corporations…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Susan George
How do the WTO, World Bank and IMF work?
Susan George considers the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be acting as a de facto World Ministry of Trade and Finance.…
Recorded: 8 September 2006
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
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
