An article entitled East Meets West published recently at The National Interest online promised some insights into the current evolution of cultural transfer between China and America. Instead it turned out to be an exhaustive analysis of the coming of age of India as a decisive factor in balancing the power of China. While I’m not an expert on the matters exposed, I found a quote that presents the inevitable scenario of our century:
As far ahead as one can imagine, India and China will provide the two great diasporas of the world. The Chinese diaspora is culturally loyal to Chinese civilization but often has very little regard for the dictatorship that runs the homeland. By contrast, democracy is at the very core of India’s national being. India’s emergence as a strategic equal of China is a good thing for the world, so long as New Delhi and Beijing manage their inevitable competition effectively.
We can continue debating how much influence American culture has on the rest of the world, but soon the cultural hegemony will be exercised by the two most populated countries as they launch millions of nationals in an attempt to grow economies that can support their [...]
The recent shift in U.S. politics may have a lot of people assuming that policy changes will soon improve their situation, whether they hurt for the lack of jobs, stagnant wages, poor access to health care or education. The sad reality is that the government (any government) may not be able to affect the destiny of its people when global corporations have taken over the destiny of the world.
BusinessWeek’s cover story “Can anyone steer this economy” is a review of how classic economic principles are no longer effective to control global forces with far too much influence on the affairs of the world. The article by Michael Mandel is mostly focused on the U.S., but it is easily a reflection of what the entire world should expect.
Sometime next year [...] the U.S. will hit a milestone. For the first time in recent memory, the cost of imported goods and services will exceed federal revenues. In other words, Americans will soon pay more to foreigners than they do to their national government.
Through the many posts about Globalization, I’ve reiterated the basic premise that corporations are taking over our destiny in all possible ways, affecting even [...]
Wikipedia has a fairly complete guide to inappropriate social conduct classified by country. Whether trying to decide how to participate in a traditional ceremony or just eat a meal displaying proper manners, this guide should be quite useful for the global citizen.
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To understand where we’re going, we must understand where we come from.
Thanks to Mike Love and his Genealogy of Influence project, it is possible to visualize some of the most influential thinkers throughout history and the relationships among them. The touchgraph tool itself works as an interactive graph that rearranges thinkers as you explore the relationships. Once you’ve found the person you’re looking for, double click to go to the Wikipedia page.
A recent exchange with Richa Govil from Infosys led me to a couple of posts on their blog: The War for Talent Heats Up and Talent Wars, cont’d…. Their blog provides an insight into globalization from the perspective of those on the other side of the equation, supplying the talent to the corporations looking for ways to remain competitive.
My position in the matter of outsourcing was established in the post the outsourcing culture, and while it may be assumed antagonistic to the views of a company like Infosys, I found some support to the ideas presented earlier in their own blog:
Business communities in any country (at least at the mid to senior management levels) tend to be small. Even India with its billion people, relies on a much much smaller business community and business graduates to run its companies. It seems that young workers in India have not yet developed the maturity to realize this fact. With the over-abundance of opportunities this behavior appears to be the right choice (or even the logical one by some calculations). But this will prove to be a short-sighted approach when the economy turns as it eventually [...]
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