One of the most troubling aspects of the process of globalization is its correlation with increasing income inequality which seems to be a global trend, affecting all countries. The process has been well-documented in the United States because it has a fairly robust data collection process. Here is a post that uses the most recent US Census data on income shares in the United States.
One of the exercises that are critically important to develop analytical skills is to ask “what if” questions (or to use social science jargon, “counterfactuals”). Barry Lando asks a very simple question: why is the US and not China patrolling the Persian/Arabian Gulf? Asking such questions can lead to very interesting observations.
The BBC has published an article that tries to probe the underlying causes of the protests against the US in so many countries over the last four days. Even though the stated cause of the protests was the distribution of the anti-Muslim film trailer on Google, one should always be aware of the difference between catalysts for protests and the deeper reasons for the protests.
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