In the months before his death, Pope John Paul II had been preparing an encyclical on charity as a response to the phenomenon of globalization, Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the ...

Discover when globalization began, from ancient trade routes to modern economic policies, and understand its impact on global trade and cultural exchange.

Understanding the many facets and effects of globalization is difficult even for scholars well versed in economics and political science. So to the uninitiated, globalization can seem like an almost ...

Twelve months is a long time in financial markets, and the phenomenon of globalization appears to have reached a fork in the road, with growth in emerging markets looking challenged. Is the ...

The development toward a globalized world has progressed inexorably during the past 20 years - with borders blurring and countries and cultures converging. This makes it virtually impossible to ...

Globalization and innovation forces have helped increase returns for superstar entrepreneurs and corporations by boosting demand for their services. Over the last two decades, these forces have also ...

A new, federally funded, international research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich will study globalization from an unusual angle. It will consider the complexities of worldwide ...

MIT professor David Autor is a leading economist studying disruptions to labor markets. His work covers everything from globalization to trade, and, as it turns out, viruses. Autor talks with Walter ...

Indian people pose in front of an installation to promote the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Mumbai on June 30. (Photo: AFP) “When the mind is at sea, a new word becomes a raft.” These memorable words ...

The era when the world was open and free trade expanded has ended. We are now living in the ‘post-globalization’ era. There are still many CEOs who expect the global trade order to return to its ...

Globalization, driven by new technologies and economic expansion, is underway with both positive and negative impacts. What role will the church play, and what are the implications for the ...

On Thursday morning at the Holy See’s press office, Cardinal Renato Martino presented Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 42 nd World Day of Peace, which speaks to the need of bringing about peace ...