#global

In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#become #companies #creates #global #good

Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#american cinema #because #case #cinema #coming

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

#days #democracy #effectively #enough #face

I think we ought to all take a step back and remember where we were 24, 48 hours ago, a week ago, two weeks ago - the prospect that was hanging out there that America would not honor its obligations for the first time in its history, and the impact that would have on our economy and the global economy. ↗

— Jay Carney

#america #back #economy #first #first time

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. ↗

— William Greider

#commercial #dollars #global #globalization #interests

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#college #college degree #compete #degree #economy

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. ↗

— Hans Kung

#cultural #economic #global #humanity #introduce

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#contagion #globalization #much #phenomenon #very

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. ↗

— David Suzuki

#blamed #considerations #critical #economic #failure

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#globalization #money #now #only #people