Topic: Globalization
Ethics is founded on the view that the values of liberal democracy should be rethought rather than abandoned on the excuse of globalization, or defended by an attempt to recreate the strong states of the recent past. People would, however, argue for the protection and preservation of state-based institutions wherever possible pending the emergence of new institutions.
Globalization clears the ...
The process of preconceiving liberal democratic values and re-institutionalizing them for a global world calls for nothing less than a new enlightenment. Such a global enlightenment should aim to civilize the increasingly brutal world of global economics, just as the eighteenth century Enlightenment began the process of civilizing the absolutist post-Westphalia states.
It is within this context that it is ...
After my story "Simplicity Minded Management" appeared in the Harvard Business Review a couple of years back, I received dozens of requests from managers, consultants, executives, and human resources professionals who wanted to learn about practical applications. I realized that organizations and their leaders needed more than just an appreciation of the importance of simplification -- they actually needed a handbook ...
THIMPHU (Reuters Life!) - Traders seeking a break from volatile global markets may want to head to Bhutan's bourse, where stocks are traded on just four computers -- when they have not crashed -- only twice a week. "I've got one order to sell 2,820 shares," said 23-year-old Deki Peldon, the only broker for today's short trading hours in ...
