That heyday was short: By the 1960s the city's piers were sidelined,
not by the globalization that today has made so many American factory workers redundant but by the streamlining efficiencies of old - fashioned capitalism, the growth of the container traffic that demanded both fewer hands on the docks and more storage space
Not exact matches
It is a tough problem, because the twin forces of automation and
globalization are only escalating and the industrial capacity killed off
by the petroloonie is
not coming back, even with the recent fall in oil prices.
For all their drawbacks,
globalization and liberalized trade have been a force for peace in the modern world; as national economies become more interdependent, they have more to lose
by alienating their trading partners, which aren't necessarily colonies or even allies.
While we were wowed
by the extent of the growth of small business
globalization presented in this report, we weren't really surprised.
Therefore it is
not surprising that theological thinking and mission praxis in recent years is influenced
by globalization.
Capitalistic
globalization,
not being motivated
by ethical norms and concerns, does
not pay adequate attention to the care of nature and the preservation of the natural environment for the good of all life on earth.
It's for this reason that ideas such as a guaranteed basic income will
not solve the social and cultural problems caused
by globalization and technological innovation.
This dismantling was
not required
by globalization; it was required for
globalization.
While
globalization has been largely made possible
by the Christian west, with its rapidly expanding technology and imperialistic ambitions, this does
not make
globalization necessarily welcome in non-Christian cultures.
In his breathtaking conceptualization of planetary life, he saw the emergence of the human species and the subsequent
globalization of the planet
not in terms of the conquest of the globe
by Christianity but as the logical consequence of an ongoing evolutionary process.
Writing at a time when the signs of
globalization were
not nearly as obvious as they are today, he foresaw a process he called «planetization»,
by which «peoples and civilizations reach such a degree either of frontier con - tact or economic interdependence or psychic communion that they can no longer develop save
by the interpenetration of one another».3 Teilhard de Chardin wholly identified with the traditions of the Christian west, yet his visionary mind was able to lift the Christian themes and symbols out of their traditional usage and re-interpret them.
It is widely claimed that the
globalization of production helps to cut costs, and that (as long as gains are
not outweighed
by transport costs) everybody benefits; the truth of such claims is also strenuously challenged, and there is strong evidence that the real beneficiaries are powerful, wealthy, western countries, and the transnational companies they support.
Globalization and free markets are
not without their problems, but they are the only real hope that the laboring poor have of raising themselves out of misery
by giving them the opportunity to tap into world markets
not only to offer their labor to more bidders but to avail themselves of the goods and services the rest of the world has to offer them.
I do
not mean to «rub this in» too much, I have, however, been theologically amused and intrigued
by those in the ecumenical movement who have so negatively and critically spoken of «
globalization», when all of the time they exude and embody all of the elements - intellectual, cultural, ideological, economic and religious - of a «global mentality» and a «global outreach».
While conceding that there is «some basis» for concerns about «the negative social effects of
globalization», it contends that it is «
not true that
globalization is an overwhelming supra - national force that has largely usurped national policy autonomy...» It asserts that «national policies can, and should, give priority to mitigating negative effects on
globalization» of financial markets), and the desperate and helpless attempts
by the national regimes to come to grips with the soaring unemployment situation in the face of the continuing onslaught of the «supra - national» financial markets, the above bland assertion about «national policies» has an air of unreality about it.
If it weren't for the shrinking world caused
by globalization, we wouldn't have the opportunity we have today.»
It appears to go hand in hand with centralisation of power in non-democratic institutions, and may be driven
by the norm entrepreneurs of
globalization, which after all is
not an impersonal force like the law of gravity, but is rooted in purposeful, self - interested agency.
Calling this inevitability «the Achilles heel» of
globalization, he went on to clarify what happens when competitors (read: multinational corporations) try to influence the system
by not playing
by the rulebook.
By connecting distant places, meanwhile, globalization permits the long - distance transfer of microbes along with their insect vectors and their human victims, as evidenced not only by the spread of HIV around the world, but also by North American cases of cholera and SARS brought by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectivel
By connecting distant places, meanwhile,
globalization permits the long - distance transfer of microbes along with their insect vectors and their human victims, as evidenced
not only
by the spread of HIV around the world, but also by North American cases of cholera and SARS brought by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectivel
by the spread of HIV around the world, but also
by North American cases of cholera and SARS brought by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectivel
by North American cases of cholera and SARS brought
by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectivel
by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectively.
Although the life of the scientist may
not be consciously global, the enterprise of science is permeated
by globalization in several distinct forms.
«It seems we have either underestimated the number of individuals who will be displaced
by globalization, or we don't care...» Read: A Perspective on Brexit
For example, hardly a day goes
by that we don't see an attempt to harness some long - term structural factor, such as increasing
globalization of trade, to explain away the spike in profit margins over the past few years — in the hope of proving that these margins will be permanent this time.
What makes this bull market truly different than past ones is that it will be driven
by globalization,
not just
by the United States.
The view that «[
n] o one foresaw the volume of the current avalanche» appears justified
by a lack of discussion, in the academic and policy press, of the possibility that financial
globalization harboured significant risks, or that the US real estate market and its derivative products were in dangerous waters.
By turning the gallery into a fully operational production site, he opens up for considerations
not merely about trade and
globalization, but also about individual relationships and communities, roots and migration.
If you want to see what a lost public - health opportunity looks like and don't mind experiencing a wave of frustration, please read «Dengue, Urbanization and
Globalization: The Unholy Trinity of the 21st Century,» a chilling 2011 paper
by Duane J. Gubler, professor and founding director of the emerging infectious disease program at the Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore.
«The international financial crisis is another example, it is
not an inevitable outcome of economic
globalization, rather it is the consequence of the excessive chase of profit
by financial capital and a great failure of financial regulation,» he said.
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.
The main problem is the
globalization of mining sector.The cost of production is the main constrain in the slow down of mining sector.most of the developed countries are
not able to cut down the cost like under developing countries, like china controlled the cost
by any way therefore other countries can
not compete china cost wise.
Those who seek integration stress the growing importance of global legal issues and want to avoid the risk that
globalization will be seen
by students as a «sideshow» or a «frill» that is
not central to legal understanding.32 Those who support supplemental treatment stress the continuing centrality of domestic law to the bulk of legal issues and the likelihood that global concerns will arise only in select situations.33
In order to prepare rising lawyers for their probable transnational role, law schools must bring a more global dimension into legal education.14 Some observers see this step as comparable in its portent for legal education to the movement away from state - based legal instruction and toward a national perspective that spread through American legal education following World War II.15 Whatever the strength of that comparison, the advocates of
globalization envision a future in which the practice of law is
not limited
by national borders or confined to a single national legal system.
Think of the legal challenges posed
by digital currency, apps, new forms of social media, new Internet platforms, online and mobile gaming, emerging forms of communication,
not to mention evolution of societal and family norms, and the
globalization of business and commerce.
WHEREAS the
globalization of legal information in digital form is a reality that is
not yet fully accepted
by Canadian institutions in terms of national information policy;
When the sectors considered are directly financed
by the federal, provincial and municipal governments, this study concludes that it is
not enough to blame
globalization and international commerce as the only reason why French is endangered.