Friedman, Thomas L.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303.4833 FriedFriedman, Thomas L.
Summary: In The world is flat, award-winning journalist Thomas Friedman explained how the "flattening" of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century, what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals, and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. For this updated and expanded edition, Friedman has provided more than three hours of new reporting and commentary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4833 FRISummary: In the wake of Argentina's spectacular economics collapse, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. Explores how Argentina's 2001 economic collapse, where a prosperous middle-class economy was destroyed during 10 years of IMF policies, impacted the lives of ordinary workers. Follows 30 unemployed auto-parts workers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TAKEngler, Mark.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 337 ENGJacques, Martin.
Summary: Explains how China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.51 JACTyler, Madeline
Summary: "Learning how to read all different kinds of maps is a valuable skill. There are maps that depict different natural landforms, groups of people, weather patterns, and towns and cities. Money and trade can also be shown on maps. Readers gain knowledge about economics through this creative look at maps that deal with these concepts. Concise text makes this subject easy to understand. The detailed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven Publishing 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM Map TylerShuman, Michael.
Summary: Defenders of globalization, free markets, and free trade insist there's no alternative to mega-stores like Wal-Mart; Michael Shuman begs to differ. In The Small-Mart Revolution, Shuman makes a compelling case for his alternative business model, one in which communities reap the benefits of "going local" in four key spending categories: goods, services, energy, and finance. He argues that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.642 SHUVeseth, Michael
Summary: "Wine is an art, a craft, a science, and a delicious part of life enjoyed by millions of people. But it is a global industry, too. In Wine Wars II economist Mike Veseth shows how globalization, commodification, and the "revenge of the terroirists" help determine what's in your wine glass - and how wine's triple crisis threatens the soul of wine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business VesethSummary: "In fourteen chapters, sixteen chief market economists provide perspective on the global economy including: globalization, currency, employment, commodity prices, developing economies, trade, fiscal and monetary policies, the future of the dollar and the euro, and the economic and political future of Asia and Europe. Includes 105 graphs and charts"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomberg Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9051 FLYStiglitz, Joseph E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 337 STIVeseth, Michael.
Contents: A tale of two glasses -- Old bottles, new wine -- The Davino code -- Missionaries, migrants and market reforms -- The masters of wine -- Curse of the blue nun -- America's hangover (and the future of wine) -- Martians versus Wagnerians -- They always buy the ten cent wine -- Everyone's a critic -- The mcwine conspiracy -- The future of wine in three bottles -- Mondovino and the revenge of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 VESSummary: "The True Cost is a groundbreaking new documentary film that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks us each to consider, who pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums and features interviews with the world's leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth, Vandana Shiva and many...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRUSummary: In this program, host Libby Potter travels around the world as she takes a meaningful look at the economics behind the inexpensive goods for sale in big-box stores and malls. Cost-cutting through supply chain management and waste reduction, economies of scale achieved by shipping offshore-manufactured goods to market via super-container ships, the Wal-Mart effect, and the no-frills philosophy...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: A 150-pound bag of coffee beans might earn a farmer
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What is the relationship between a country's natural assets and its economic power? Does wealth in raw materials alone lead to monetary wealth? What are the dangers of relying on finite supplies? This program explores economic questions surrounding the management of-and international competition for-natural resources. Describing the process by which nations translate the products of their...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Despite unprecedented growth in the world economy as a whole, some 1.5 billion people in developing countries live in extreme poverty, and the living conditions for twice that number are almost as deplorable. This program investigates how both trade and financial aid are being used to help Costa Rica and other third-world nations bridge the technological divide and gain much-needed know-how so...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Barlow, Maude.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 BARLomborg, Bjørn
Contents: The short story: higher temperatures -- Global warming: the many worries -- The politics of global warming.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 LOMMann, Charles C.
Summary: "1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection between malaria, slavery, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square/Seven Stories Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 909.08 MANSummary: A growing number of environmentalists, ethicists, and economists believe that the needs of the "have-nots" will one day become too powerful to ignore. This program highlights that viewpoint, illustrating vast disparities between the living standards of developed and underdeveloped nations and questioning the wisdom of looking the other way. Deconstructing conventional economic notions of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: Introduction: new confessions and revelations from the world of economic hit men / John Perkins -- Global empire: the web of control / Steven Hiatt -- Selling money-- and dependency: setting the debt trap / S.C. Gwynne -- Dirty money: inside the secret world of offshore banking / John Christensen -- BCCI's double game: banking on America, banking on jihad / Lucy Komisar -- The human cost of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1323 GAMSummary: In an age of globalization, companies are scrambling to blend the ideals of social justice with the concept of a free-market economy. Drawing on case studies from around the world, this program focuses on progressive efforts being made by businesses to unite profits and principles. Issues under consideration include the practice of social responsibility through ethical investment policies and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Satisfying one's hunger is a primal act which most Westerners never connect to global issues. But the diets and farming systems of wealthy countries can be directly linked to starvation in the underdeveloped world. This program sheds light on the international tragedy of hunger and malnutrition, emphasizing that the problem is one of distribution, not production. Filmed in Asia, South America,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Controversial writer Johan Norberg argues forcefully for one side of the globalization debate. In this program he examines three developing countries and how they fit into that debate, building a case for deregulation, the abolishment of subsidies and tariffs, and a long-term view of industrialization. He frankly defends the use of sweatshop labor, through which Taiwan has cultivated a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006