What Is Globalization? (Part 2): Global Leadership in an Era of Growing Nationalism, Protectionism, and Antiglobalization

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2017 Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers Business School  In Part 1, What Is Globalization? How to Measure It and Why Many Oppose It, I concluded that globalization is here to stay—and will continue to converge nations, culturally and economically, indefinitely. At the same time, leaders such as Trump, Le Pen, Erdoğan, and Duterte espouse an anti-globalization … Continue reading What Is Globalization? (Part 2): Global Leadership in an Era of Growing Nationalism, Protectionism, and Antiglobalization

Second Helping: Thanksgiving Day and Globalization

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Last year’s Thanksgiving reflections (click to read: November 27, 2015) provided interesting historical perspectives and fun facts about Plimoth Colony and Plantation, an Amazing native American named Tisquantum (“Squanto”), and the Mexican origins of our favorite Thanksgiving entree: turkey. Today, on our national day of gratitude, THE CONVERSATION published a refreshed version of last year’s post: Why we have globalization to thank for Thanksgiving. (Note: … Continue reading Second Helping: Thanksgiving Day and Globalization

Thanksgiving Day and Globalization

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© 2015 Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University Original Version on Archive As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day repasts each year, they are taught to recall the story of the “Pilgrim Fathers,” who in 1620 founded one of the first English settlements in North America at what was then Plimoth Colony in the State … Continue reading Thanksgiving Day and Globalization