Global Forces/Local Diversity

Map IDs

Bruce D'Arcus — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:27:21 +0000

The missing 10 points on the final will require you knowing where the following places are:

Tibet
Shanghai
Chiapas
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Argentina
Morocco
Ohio
India
Beijing

They Came, They Protested, They Shopped

Bruce D'Arcus — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:40:17 +0000

Interesting story today on protests in China against a French-owned department store.

Remittances and Economic Downturn

Bruce D'Arcus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:28:30 +0000

The New York Times has an article today on how the economic downturn is affecting flows of remittances from the U.S. to Mexico. It’s worth noting that when you look at data like these, including the map that I showed in class yesterday, there’s a lot of guesswork involved in estimates on remittances.