India has more mobiles than toilets565 million Indians have mobile phones; 366 million have access to proper toilets. It’s an “embarrassing imbalance” that will ultimately hold back the country’s development, says Saritha Rai.
Globalisation
The new global middle class: they’re not like “us”
Developing countries are developing their own middle classes — but they’re not “liberal, democratic, market-friendly bastions not only of Western-style consumerism but also of political liberty” “we” might like them to be, says Newsweek.
Globalisation? That’s so ’90s.
A surprising new trend has been hitting world economies: deglobalisation. And it’s not just the GFC that’s caused it, but also an emphasis on domestic manufacturing, protectionist politics and the strength of emerging economies.
What the GFC can teach us about our intertwined food system
Just like the financial sector, the food system has dramatically globalised over the past generation, even as it has become increasingly concentrated.
Globalistion: is it God’s plan?
It’s increasingly apparent how analogous a globalising world is to the environment in which Christianity took shape after Jesus’ death, according to Robert Wright
Give globalization a chance
Chinese, Arabs, Indians and Mexicans are not portrayed in the media as being the economic winners of globalization, but increasingly they are, writes Matt Marks.
