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By Alex Singleton on Jul 30, 2005 in Globalisation | 0 Comments
That is a question addressed in this BusinessWeek article by the authors of The Only Sustainable Edge:
We have been struck by the fact that within about 30 minutes of any conversation with a Chinese or Indian executive, we inevitably hear a similar statement - the urgency is palpable. There’s a sense of energy that has […]
By Alex Singleton on Jul 16, 2005 in Globalisation | 0 Comments
In the run-up to the Iraq war, some anti-war campaigners made the argument that capitalism and war go hand-in-hand. Because we are running out of resources, they said, the ever-increasing quest for oil and other raw materials would lead to more conflict.
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Firstly, we are not running […]
By Alex Singleton on Jul 13, 2005 in International development | 0 Comments
I’ve been critical of Christian Aid’s campaigning against free trade. So I was pleased that they appear to have been successfully encouraged to rethink their campaign. Their newspaper adverts appear to have stopped calling for “trade justice, not free trade”. They are now calling for “trade justice, not enforced free trade”.
This is a much more […]
Alex Singleton is a newspaper and magazine journalist who has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian and The Daily Express, and for a wide range of magazines. Read more...