2016 was one of the most turbulent years in recent memory, and laid bare the fault lines
created by globalization and automation — particularly of jobs that have been performed by blue - collar workers.
Accordingly, as the European economic crisis continues to fuel nationalist ideology, STRATFOR expects the tension
created by globalization and its social and cultural effects to be an important element in the European political scene in the coming years.
Nevertheless, the fact remains: Tensions
created by globalization, and the way in which nationalist parties continue to react to those tensions, will be important to monitor as they affect the European political landscape.
Not exact matches
Parties will need to explain how they will
create broad - based economic growth, given the challenges brought
by automation,
globalization and an aging population.
Although high finance obviously has been shaped
by the Industrial Revolution's legacy of corporate finance, institutional investment such as pension fund saving as part of the industrial wage contract, mutual funds, and
globalization along «financialized» lines, financial managers have taken over industrial companies to
create what Hyman Minsky has called «money manager capitalism.»
But,
by creating multiple networks, alternative hubs can actually increase the resilience of
globalization, provided they are interoperable.
The Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP) designed and imposed
by the global creditor institutions is a typical instrument to
create a favorable atmosphere for
globalization, which ultimately affects developing countries.
The plan is rich in irony: MLS will be
creating its own regional type of
globalization by harnessing the power of globalism's supposed bugbear, fervent nationalism.
For several decades, western colleges and universities have been lured into
creating new initiatives outside of their countries» borders
by the
globalization of higher education and its potential for improving education around the world, as well as for additional funding and branding opportunities.
As a product of
Globalization, born in London to Cypriot parents, and now living in New York, Petros Chrisostomou explores the idea of the indigenous habitat,
by creating these boxes from which to work in, and juxtaposing these items to form connections and disconnections.
Featuring four artists from the exhibition and moderated
by MAM director Lora Urbanelli, the panel examines the insights achieved
by, and challenges inherent in,
creating a history of a relatively recent era, many of whose key issues — surrounding identities, digital technologies, and
globalization — remain urgent today.
Some of the participating artists include: Abbas Akhavan who will exhibit a water fountain
created using stacks of dishes pots and cooking pans that explores the politics of hospitality; Zineb Sedira whose large - scale photographs and sugar sculpture references the history of sugar, race, migration and
globalization; Tadasu Takamine reflects on the consequences of the catastrophic nuclear meltdown at Fukushima in a series of performative videos; Asunción Molinos whose work in the show originates for a «pop - up» restaurant she ran in Cairo which dealt with issues related to Egypt's export / import policies and Senam Okudzeto whose work Portes - Oranges features metal sculptures used
by Ghanaian fruit sellers to display oranges.
She
created a series of digital prints on silk drawing upon historical depictions of the spice trade combined with her own drawings that are inspired
by botanical research to illuminate the transhistoric weight of spices, silks and colors that have propelled forward countless caravans and ships in the birthing of
globalization.
Featuring works from Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art collection
created mostly in the 1980s and»90s
by artists including Chris Burden, Alfredo Jaar, Louise Lawler, Inigo Manglano - Ovalle, and Adrian Piper, this exhibition reveals the continuing resonance and complexity of topics such as freedom of expression, militarism, the dynamics of race, human and economic consequences of
globalization, and other defining elements of society today.
The existence of articling crisis in Ontario is not some kind of Jedi mind trick — it is a real and immediate issue
created by a large - scale shift in the economics and
globalization of the legal profession and schooling.
It is also important to note the need for legal compliance brought about
by globalization of businesses has also
created a special niche for lawyers dealing with business matters.
This movement is prominently represented in the ABA's MacCrate Report44 and the more recent proposals for revamping the legal curriculum advanced
by the Carnegie Foundation.45 As Professor Backer recently observed, the Carnegie - MacCrate proposals for reform have largely neglected
globalization, and the
globalization proposals for reform have largely neglected the Carnegie - MacCrate emphasis on professional experience.46 Globalizing LRW instruction would
create an opportunity for bringing these two strands of legal education reform closer together.
If you've been following along, the major themes should be familiar
by now:
globalization of business, along with a weak economy, rapidly evolving technology, empowered clients with new expectations, and competition from legal service providers both inside and outside of the industry are combining to
create a huge pressure on the too - often conservative legal profession to change the way it operates.
The
globalization of legal practice over the last decade has
created a significant divide between the types of clients represented
by mega large firms and those represented
by smaller firms.
It may sound counterintuitive given the impact
globalization is having on trans - national borders, but perhaps it's only
by creating a community to nurture awareness that we can send a strong Canadian legal system into the world.