Most of the world’s consumer goods are made in China. Most of our debts are produced in the US. Most of our meat and soy comes from Latin America. Can neoliberal capitalism ultimately sustain a truly globalized world with one integrated economy? How free is a free market economy when there is only one market left? Is it possible that the entire planet will, from that moment, suddenly adopt collaborative, open design and innovation?
GLOBAL BRANDS
PHOTO: RICHARD ALLAWAY
MASS MIGRATION
PHOTO: PHILIPPE LEROYER ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/PHILIPPELEROYER
OUTSOURCING
PHOTO: MARISSA ORTON
DE-GLOCALIZATION
MC DONALD’S INDIA
AFGHAN RUG
PHOTO: GREG SCRATCHLEY ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/SCRATCH/119524328
BLUE MARBLE, 1972
ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPH AS17-148-22727, A.K.A. THE BLUE MARBLE PICTURE, TAKEN ON DECEMBER 7, 1972. COURTESY OF NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
EMERGING NEW MARKETS
BUSINESSWEEK COVER DECEMBER 2004 — BLOOMBERG