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Archive for July 30, 2008

Look Who’s Talking – World Bank Edition

July 30, 2008 by and tagged , , , , , , ,

Really, this is rich: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | World Bank warning to East Timor via kwout This is the same World Bank, which, along with the IMF, used to encourage countries to base their economic development on their comparative advantage (simply put, what do countries have to offer to the global market? Once such [...]

Posted in Development, Economy, Global Governance, Globalization, Poverty, Public Policy | No Comments »

ASA Bingo

July 30, 2008 by and tagged , , , , ,

Like many of my fellow socbloggers, I will be in Boston for the weekend for the American Sociological Association meeting, all equipped with my ASA Bingo card (courtesy of uber socblogger, Kieran Healy), which I should be able to fill with zero trouble at all if past experience is any indication! Hopefully, I’ll have some [...]

Posted in Academia, Economy, Education, Globalization, Labor, Social Theory, Sociology | 1 Comment »