Globalization Archives

Social Justice

Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization

Higher education and health care, two major elements of the new Legacy Economy, are attracting global talent and gentrifying the neighborhoods that surround them, pricing out residents who toil in the local or regional labor market.

Jim Russell

Social Justice

Connecting Neighborhoods, Not Nations: Small Geographic Scales of Globalization

The financial crisis turned the world upside down.

Jim Russell

Economics

Transit Oriented Boondoggle: The Problem With Detroit’s Streetcar System

Investment in any kind of transportation should aid production, not consumption.

Jim Russell

Economics

Fortresses of Globalization and Wilmington, Delaware

Typically, we imagine globalization as a contiguous region, but it often only affects a very small part of a city, leaving everyone else behind.

Jim Russell

Economics

The Virtuous Circle of Ever-Lasting Expansion of Domestic Demand and Labor Supply Is Broken: Yes, Ireland Really Is Dying

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love brain drain.

Jim Russell

Economics

How Mexican Brain Drain Saved Mexico

Successful international migration depends on weak ties.

Jim Russell

Economics

Good News: Globalization Crushing Family Farms

Nationalists would rather have less to eat at greater cost than import goods.

Jim Russell