Comments on: Economist: The Olympics and the Global Labor Market /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/ But I fear more for Muninn... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Kerim Friedman /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market.html#comment-271 Dollars and Sense

as well as

The Left Business Observer

are good sources for alternative takes on globalization from that in the Economist. Links to both are on my “Inequality” page on my wiki:

http://wiki.oxus.net/Inequality

Which also offers links to some other articles that might be of interest.

]]> By: Sayaka /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market.html#comment-272 It reminds me of a discussion I had with Aya-san and Saori-san in NY. I was not interested in cheering national athletes, and gave an extreme example, “but, if somebody discovered how to get rid of landmines, ot how to cure canser, you don’t care if s/he is Japanese or not, it’s just great. Why do athletes have to be Japanese?”

]]> By: tianan2 /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market.html#comment-273 Now, I knew that you got the US safely.

]]> By: tianan /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market.html#comment-274 Now I knew that you got the US safely.

]]> By: Kmlawson /blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/08/economist-the-olympics-and-the-global-labor-market.html#comment-275 Kerim, as always, thanks for some useful links. Tianan – I’m back in the US, a bit jetlagged but otherwise ok.

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