Bulletin n. 2/2007
October 2007
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Ghemawat Pankaj
    The World’s Biggest Myth
    in Foreign Policy , Issue 163, November / December ,  2007
    It happens every time there’s a global credit squeeze, an international trade dispute, or an outsourcing outrage. Like clockwork, the two opposing forces of the enduring globalization debate go to battle on the world’s oped pages, in policyshop salons, and sometimes in the streets. The proglobalizers talk of leveling playing fields and freeing markets to spread wealth to every corner of the world. The antiglobalizers claim rich countries and corporations have set up the rules of the game in their favor, profiting from the hard work and low expectations of most of the world’s poor. These two sides of the debate agree on almost nothing, with one exception: They both believe globalization leads to more market share for fewer players. In fact, they couldn’t be more wrong. This perspective can be traced back at least to Karl Marx, who wrote more than 100 years ago that “one capitalist always kills many . . . [leading to] the constantly diminishing number of the magnates of capital, who usurp and monopolize all...
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