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The synchronization between internal rule sets and the emerging global rule set


ARTICLE: "India's Edge Goes Beyond Outsourcing," by Anand Giridharadas, New York Times, 4 April 2007, p. C1.

ARTICLE: "Vermont Becomes 'Offshore' Insurance Haven," by Lynnley Browning, New York Times, 4 April 2007, p. C1.

ARTICLE: "Seeking a Fix, by Russian Satellite: A Challenge to America's Global Positioning System," by Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 April 2007, p. C1.

Interesting trio describing globalization's irresistible forces.

India, in a flat world, redefines the question of reasonably accessed labor pool.

So what must be the U.S. response?

It must make parts of America, wonderfully fungible in the form of these things we call states, into competitive images of the competition, and thus the sourcecode of globalization itself is increasingly recast in the form of the once-student, now master--the global rule set that none control but some can at times lead in terms of new definitions.

We clearly did that on GPS for a long time, but we naturally attract competition in that process (GLONASS revived!), and so the great game simply enters another phase.

Reader Comments (3)

The "Seeking a Fix.." article has the wrong url. Use this:Seeking a Fix
April 11, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterEric Hansen
ooh, thanks. Eric. pasted the wrong URL. but let's go with the free one. corrected above
April 11, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous
Not sure if you caught this article or not..

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21542728-2703,00.html

Could we be heading for an Asia-PacificNATO-like alliance/force? Should we beantagonizing China or asking them to join?What about Indonesia-- 4th largest population in the world, largest number of Muslims in the world and a massive, unprofessional military??
April 12, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterRiccardo

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