Globalization, as it is known today, has always been a contentious issue. It may not seem that way for people of my age who grew up under unfettered assumptions. The expansion of global trade as the ...

Many think of globalization as a modern and corporate phenomenon, and it has been readily linked to the spread of coronavirus. But globalization isn't new. Archaeological research shows it began in ...

In a forthcoming study from the American Journal of Sociology, Emily Erikson and Peter Bearman (Columbia University) demonstrate that an early example of globalization was the direct result of ...

That’s good for businesses, which can communicate efficiently and effectively with partners, suppliers, and customers and manage better supplies, inventories, and distribution network. Local producers ...

One of the key processes in the development of the world economy on the verge of the 20th – 21st centuries is progressive globalization, i.e. a qualitatively new stage in the development of the ...

Here's a fact worth reiterating: despite the severe shocks and imbalances that have hit it off and on during the early years of this century, the world economy continues to grow, with low inflation.

This informative book provides a survey of how globalization has enabled the spread of disease and of the concurrent development of global public health practices and institutions. Travelers have ...