Today we had a teleconference with a member of the department of state. He started off with the topic of globalization in general. He made points on the good effects of globalization in the world. These are: how global price levels are lower and this is important for poorer countries in the world, increasing trade, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Anderson Cooper shout-out
July 23, 2007 – 12:14 pm
Hi, I am Alex
I am from BFTF Globalization group
Hve you seen our video question to 2008 USA presidential candidates on Youtube ?
Not yet ? Then visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbvAXy6Zurs and watch our video. Do you see the guy which comes out from under the camera in the end of the video? It’s me. Funny ? Unexpected ? […]
The Others
July 23, 2007 – 10:51 am
Why do we need to care about the rich-poor gap? Why should we bother, sitting in our air-conditioned, beautifully furnished houses, that there are people out there who do not have even their most basic human needs satisfied?
For some people it may seem normal that by working harder, they deserve to be paid more. In […]
AMERICANIZATION: NEW SUNSHINE OR POISONOUS FLOW?
July 21, 2007 – 6:00 pm
The
USA is undoubtedly both the main recipient of other cultures’ elements and the major distributor of its own culture.
America’s influence on globalization is really (too?) great.
Actually it’s quite difficult to analyze the phenomenon of americanization objectively: the majority of Americans regard it as a natural process, whereas non-Americans are inclined to recognize only the bad […]
Only in a Mad World is There Such a Wide Rich-Poor Gap
July 20, 2007 – 6:50 pm
Created and produced by Ellie, Lily, Mia, Vanja, and Alex of the Global Rich-Poor Gap Group.
An Introduction
July 20, 2007 – 3:49 pm
Here’s an introductory movie from Nancy Birdsall, the President of the Center for Global Development regarding globalization and the global rich-poor gap.
So who are we? and what is this all about?
July 20, 2007 – 3:46 pm
My name is Elliana, and I am a BFTF Founder this summer from California. As the Ben Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Initiative’s Founders, we represent high school students from all over the world. We met at Wakeforest University about, and have been together for about three weeks thus far. As part of this diplomacy program sponsored […]
The Middle Class
July 20, 2007 – 2:00 pm
Were talking so much about the the rich-poor gap; about the upper and lower class. So, what about the middle class?? This is exactly what these videos show; they show what is happening to the middle class while the rich get richer and poor get poorer.
Americanization
July 20, 2007 – 1:49 pm
Everywhere we look, we can see American labels: Mc Donald’s,
Danny’s, Adidas, Nike, “Friends”, Coca-Cola, Sprite and others.
Why do they mean so much in the today’s world? Why do we keep trusting them?
Only because we’re influenced by advertisements and mass media.
Is there any special value in American world? I don’t really […]
Americanization
July 20, 2007 – 1:43 pm
Look out the window. What can you see? I guess I know the answer: MacDonald’s, and adverts of new
Hollywood movie, and people walking down the street drinking Coke…
Nowadays, globalization changes the world rapidly. We can talk a lot about the phenomenon of globalization, but actually now it’s nothing but Americanization. And it is clear why. […]