Articles & Reports

DEC 23, 2007 • Article

What is the human price of industrialization and globalization? Maquilapolis: City of Factories highlights what happens when capital comes to town and when it flies ...

DEC 22, 2007 • Article

Why can't Africa access trade as a tool to generate wealth? Black Gold delves into the international coffee supply chain to find out where the ...

DEC 12, 2007 • Article

Two years ago, Robert Zoellick gave a celebrated speech that urged China to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the international system. This comment has come ...

DEC 7, 2007 • Article

As the world should have learned from the Enron scandal in the United States, audited returns and sky-high share prices do not good companies make. ...

DEC 4, 2007 • Article

Devin Stewart talks with Susan Aaronson about her new book, "Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policymaking," coauthored with Jamie ...

DEC 4, 2007 • Article

Many human rights and labor rights leaders argue that the U.S. should not reward Colombia with a permanent free trade agreement right now because ...

NOV 30, 2007 • Article

All sins are a variation of theft, according to the father character in Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. Corruption is theft of public trust ...

NOV 30, 2007 • Article

Globalization increases the flexibility of labor markets, but increased mobility goes hand in hand with increased economic uncertainty, especially among young professionals. Their romantic lifestyles ...

NOV 29, 2007 • Article

One in three American jobs is low-wage work that often doesn't pay enough to make ends meet. Unionization substantially improves pay and benefits in these ...