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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

Is globalization in decline?

by David Brancaccio
Aug 18, 2017
Trade barriers may rise and fall, but it's not a case of extremes, one expert says.
Is our world getting more or less globally connected?
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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

The place where globalization kept its promise

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 15, 2017
It's clear today that not all boats rose in the tide of globalization...but in some places, it sure does feel like it.
A collection of newspapers from BMW's early days in Spartanburg county.
Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace
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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

From Hamilton to Trump, the U.S. has a long history of America-first policies

by Sarah Gardner
Aug 11, 2017
Alexander Hamilton was one of the country's original protectionists.
The protectionist tendencies in today's political climate actually have roots reaching back to Alexander Hamilton.
Ken Garduno, Illustrator
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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

What went wrong with globalization?

by Scott Tong
Aug 7, 2017
Opening up borders created economic winners, but the losers were hit disproportionately hard.
Ken Garduno, Illustrator
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Robot-Proof Jobs

The threat of robots may be a distraction from other economic issues

by David Brancaccio
Jul 28, 2017
Economist Heidi Shierholz makes her case.
Should we really be that threatened by robots?
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Globalization: political rhetoric vs. on-the-ground reality

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 26, 2017
South Carolina’s political elite turned out today to celebrate an expansion of BMW’s facility in the Palmetto State. It’s now BMW’s largest in the world. At the event, Sen. Lindsey Graham had this to say on Twitter: “to those who fear globalization, embrace it b/c it’s not going away…if you want to see the good […]
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French voters increasingly question globalization

by Stephen Beard
Apr 21, 2017
As electors go to the polls, a far-right candidate is urging protectionism and 'economic patriotism.'
Far-right supporters attend a presidential campaign rally by National Front leader Marine Le Pen at the Dome De Marseille on Wednesday.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

The most robot-proof job of them all

by David Brancaccio and Katie Long
Apr 10, 2017
Robotics work is a good bet, if you can get it.
Anca Dragan researches the interaction between humans and robots at UC Berkeley.
David Brancaccio/Marketplace
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An uncertain political future for U.S. trade policy

by Mark Garrison
Nov 9, 2016
Business wants progress on trade deals but politicians are reluctant.
Donald Trump is seen on a TV screen below the graph showing the day's course of the DAX at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany.
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Trump's trade adviser on globalization and NAFTA

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 23, 2016
Kai talks to republican nominee Donald Trump's senior trade adviser, Daniel DiMicco.
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