The View from Europe: Mr Trump and the Caribbean – By David jessop

Commentary: The View from Europe: The good, the bad and the ugly – Mr Trump and the Caribbean
Published on February 27, 2016  – By David Jessop
Globalisation touches us all. Its reach extends far beyond economic issues. It has in just a few decades made industries, markets, cultures, policy-making and criminality interconnected in ways previously unknown.

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David Jessop 

As global networks have spread, trade and investment, communications, migration, the environment and transportation have made almost every nation virtually borderless. It is a process that is organic and unstoppable, but demonstrably has led to vast inequalities between those who have prospered and those who have not.

It has left many feeling disadvantaged and marginalised, resulting in a form of rage against elites, the establishment and those who lead in many parts of the world, although not as yet in the Caribbean.  

It is resulting in the rise of new forms of politics in Europe, the US and other parts of the world as voters seek leaders who they feel can address their inability to respond to decisions being taken elsewhere that directly affect their lives.   [Read more]

 

By guyaneseonline, on 02/28/2016 at 12:26 am, under Business, Caribbean news, Commentary, finance and trade. Tags: , . No Comments
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