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When “globalization” means leaving
Written by Jamie Stark
There’s a common saying here in tiny El Salvador that roughly translates as, “Two thirds of Salvadorans live in El Salvador. The rest live abroad.” Two American cities, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have as many Salvadoran residents as San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. These millions who […]
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Living in Argentina is like playing real life Monopoly
Written by Yohana de Andrade
Everyone who has ever played Monopoly has wished they could be as rich as they were in the game or at least that they could use Monopoly money in the real world. Well, I offer you a place where this really happens: Argentina, where your money is only valid inside […]
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The Bizarre Rise of the Shopping Mall in Nepal
Written by Slok
Even when I was growing up in Kathmandu during the past two decades, there were obvious signs that the city was increasingly connecting up to a globalized world. International brandnames, for instance, were slowly making their appearance in Kathmandu’s street retail outlets. You used to go to the big bazaars, […]
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The State of Poor Urban Women of Pakistan
Written by Aown Kaz
Poverty in Pakistan can be noted as endemic — spreading across the country at an alarming rate. In a population of 180 million, Pakistani people living below the poverty line account for 21% of the entire population according to the World Development Indicators (WDI) 2013 report by the World Bank. In circumstances […]
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Announcing Publication of the Debate Magazine “Globalization under the Shadow of Surveillance”
Written by Daniel Roth
The debate magazine “Internet, Democracy, Trade – Globalization under the Shadow of Surveillance” produced by the Internet & Society Collaboratory (CoLab) in cooperation with FutureChallenges.org and newthinking is now available on newsstands everywhere (Price: €6). Instead of the usual final report, CoLab is pioneering a debate magazine format to broadcast the […]
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Disability in austerity: Britain’s chase for exclusive economic growth
Written by Dominika Kaczkowska
In my second year at university, I volunteered to help at the 2010 Special Olympic Games in Warsaw (Poland), the largest sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, the Special Olympics are held in the shadow of the more famous Paralympic Games which come immediately after the Olympics. Nevertheless […]
