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Special Feature > Global Briefing
Top Ten Globalist Features of 2009
 

By The Globalist | Wednesday, December 30, 2009
 

Our features in 2009 offered thought-provoking insights into the global economy, politics and culture. From China's rapid economic rise to the global financial crisis — and from the uprising in Iran to efforts to fight poverty in South Africa — The Globalist covered it all. We present our ten best features of 2009.


1. A Chinese Perspective on a Changing World

How is Asia’s economic rise different from the rise of the West?

By Wu Jianmin

2.Message to MBAs: We Are No Longer Masters of the Universe

How did so many MBAs read the economic climate so wrong in recent years?

By Louis Hughes

3. Goldman Sachs and “War Profiteering”

How has Goldman Sachs discredited capitalism in ways that Marx and Lenin would gleefully applaud?

By Martin Sieff

4. Washington's Place in a New World

What will the United States do in a world of dispersed power?

By Paul Starobin

5. Spain and China in the Age of Globalization

What led to China and Spain becoming pioneering ocean explorers in ancient times?

By Luis Francisco Martínez Montes

6. Globalism and Americanism

Why do many Americans believe that taking a “globalist” approach would threaten U.S. leadership?

By Stephan Richter

7. Fighting Poverty and Saving Street Vendors in South Africa

How is South Africa's treatment of street vendors emblematic of several pervasive problems facing the country?

By Nontyatyambo Petros

8. Ending Burma’s Isolation

What does Burma's international isolation mean for the daily lives of its people?

By Susan Braden

9. Iran, Let the AIDS Doctors Go Free

Is Iran ready to enter the international arena as a respected partner in protecting human rights?

By César Chelala

10. The Boomerangst Generation

How are world realities changing for boomers' children?

By George Magnus


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