Hard to break free of the global economy
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Lamps, birthday candles, mouse traps, and flip-flops. Such is the stuff that binds the modern American family to the global economy, author Sara Bongiorni discovers during a year of boycotting anything made in China.
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Global mineral conglomerate rides the tide of higher worldwide commodity demand.
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Nutrition, obsession, global business:  an exploration of our second most basic desire.
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Some fear that American consumers will pull back from their exuberant spending, cooling demand for goods worldwide and dragging down the global economy.
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BISHKEK, May 24 (IPS) - Surviving alone in the era of globalisation has  become increasingly difficult for smaller countries with limited  natural resources. Nations which were recently striving for  independence are beginning to unite with others as a means to  withstand economic hardships.
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You probably know that the dollar is plunging. That will make it expensive to travel overseas for the holidays or to buy something made in a foreign land.
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Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.
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In a new wave of global outsourcing, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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Worries about government actions to cool economic growth reverberate around the globe.
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ECONOMISTS may be fretting about the implications for the global economy of the near historically weak US dollar.
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It's not easy being at the top when your empire is crumbling.
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Still grappling with how to keep the global economy out of a crippling recession, the World Economic Forum confronted the urgent need to bring peace and stability to global hotspots like Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East.
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How to navigate the treacherous waters of financial union.
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Income inequality is near record levels in many countries, and the worldÂs wealth has become even more narrowly concentrated than income.
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It's expensive, but not as expensive as living without income.
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In his lively new book, Garrett M. Graff asks how the technology that is transforming the global economy is going to affect the âfirst campaign of the new age.â
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The U.S. is heading into its first recession in a truly globalized world. What to expect  -  and why it will be different this time