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A Case Study of Apple Shows Why The US Can't Compete Globally

Apple's decision to performs most of its engineering and manufacturing overseas, highlights how the US government and the US manufacturing industry can no longer compete internationally. " 'Made in the U.S.A.' is no longer a viable option."
23 January 2012 - 9:00am
The New York Times

The Changing Role of Globalized Cities

National Geographic Traveler talks with urban theorist Richard Florida about the changing roles of cities, and the emerging centers of economic prosperity.
28 June 2011 - 1:00pm
National Geographic Traveler

The Rise And Fall of Cities

Victor David Hanson uses a broad historical perspective to examine the causes of the rise and fall of former world cities. He argues that the computer driven, global age will accelerate the process of growth and decline.
11 December 2010 - 7:00am
City Journal

The Inside Story of Sign Design

Slate continues its series on wayfinding with the little-known story of the symbolic conflicts among the U.S., the former Soviet Union and Japan over how to direct people in a time of crisis.
10 March 2010 - 7:00am
Slate
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Why Are Cities Growing?

With globalization meaning goods can be shipped cheaply anywhere, and the internet means you can work anywhere, why are cities growing like crazy? Prof. Edward L. Glaeser of Harvard says that proximity breeds innovation.
20 May 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times

Reverse Globalization May Bring Manufacturing Back to Mexico

Outsourcing work to China has gotten costlier due to increasing fuel and labor costs. As a result, some American companies are pondering a return to Mexico to manufacture their goods instead.
12 September 2008 - 9:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

Is Globalization Slowing?

Alex Steffen of WorldChanging proposes that globalization could soon change direction as transportation costs increase.
5 August 2008 - 12:00pm
WorldChanging
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Can the Colombian Renaissance Be Sustained?

Globalization has spurned a renaissance in the formerly crime-ridden Colombian city of Medellin. But some worry that the city's improvements may only be temporary.
13 July 2008 - 1:00pm
The Washington Post

Regional Approach Lauded as Key Stretegy for Economic Development

The greater Toledo area needs to think harder about creating regional development if it wants to compete in the globalizing economy, according to this editorial.
30 March 2008 - 9:00am
The Toledo Free Press
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The Global City That Never Sleeps

By using telephone and voice over IP calling data, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created detailed maps of calls between New York and other major world cities, painting a vivid picture of globalization.
6 March 2008 - 10:00am
MIT News
Anthony Townsend

Sleepless in Shanghai, #2

Wed, 03/28/2007 - 07:24

Two moments in this trip bring home the pace of change here. Sunday morning, 8am, I wake up in the Zhongshan Park section of west-central Shanghai. Head out into the backlanes of the superblock behind the hotel and construction on a high-rise gated apartment building is already at full tilt. Two other construction projects intitimate in my life... a dorm across from our apartment in Manhattan, and a restaurant next to the Institute in Palo Alto, are definitely not on the same aggressive shifts.

Next moment, Wednesday evening 11:18pm at our hotel in Pudong, I glance out the window before bed and see a line of cement mixers 10-12 deep waiting to unload at the construction site across the street.

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