Globalization and Social Policy

1998-09-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
UN General Assembly High Level Dialogue on the theme of the Social and Economic Impacts of Globalization and Interdependence and their policy implications. September 17th- 18th, 1998. Panel discussion on the Social Impact of Globalization. Sept.18th, 9.00-11.00 am Presentation by Professor Bob

Fw: Le Monde diplomatique en anglais (fwd)

1998-09-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- From: Le Monde diplomatique [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: info-diplo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Le Monde diplomatique en anglais Date: Dienstag, 22. September 1998 15:39 Le Monde diplomatique et The Guardian Weekly Le Monde

Public Dollars should Support living Wage Jobs (fwd)

1998-09-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:28:17 +1200 From: janice [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Public Dollars should Support "living Wage" Jobs If poor workers are expected to make their way without government help, we should pay closer attention to

More free market misery

1998-09-23 Thread Jay Hanson
WEATHER DISASTERS Economic forecast: no money for that rainy day Sept. 21, 1998 Sydney Morning Herald By JOHN VIDAL in London The weather is blamed for wrecking the lives of up to 300 million flood-affected people in Asia and the Indian subcontinent in the past two months, but free market

Malaysia swims away from piranha

1998-09-23 Thread Jay Hanson
Global capitalism -- one dollar, one vote -- is like government by a school of piranha that furiously tear chunks out of anything that bleeds. Global Intelligence Update Red Alert September 24, 1998 Mahatir Demonstrates an Alternative Asian Solution The focus of the Asian crisis is shifting to