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To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (33575)	5/12/2003 9:19:09 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Joan, We do seem to be talking past each other. You describe the pitfalls to the individual/family farm unit in the upper Midwest in the U.S. And I'm looking at a much grander scale, the realm of "globalization" and its discontents. You're micro, I'm macro. Though both are relative terms. It was fascinating to me, after a couple of decades in business for myself to go back to seek an MBA degree. I thought I knew how to read a balance sheet and a ledger. And I did for my own business. What I learned in my coursework was the balance sheet and the operations of the discount window at the FRB(NY). There is no comparison between the two realms. You're discussing individual entrepreneurial effort and constraints. I'm trying to discuss systemic dislocations and their policy causes. ********* FWIW, here's my resources on Globalization and Its Discontents: The following are some of the more acclaimed books and critical websites on the subject of globalization and its real meaning for the planet. My conclusion? Globalization is going to be real mean. BOOKS: CHUA, Amy: "World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability" amazon.com GREIDER, William: "One World Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism" amazon.com HARTMANN, Thom: "Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporat Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights" amazon.com HERTZ, Noreena: "The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy: amazon.com PALAST, GREG: "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" gregpalast.com amazon.com STIGLITZ, Joseph: "Globalization and Its Discontents": amazon.com WEBSITES: BILDERBERG GROUP: bilderberg.org news.bbc.co.uk CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON GLOBALIZATION globalresearch.ca COVERT ACTION: covertaction.org PALAST, GREG: Globalization Topics gregpalast.com ISSUE: WATER PRIVATIZATION SCANDALS: CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY, WATER PRIVATIZATION -- publicintegrity.org POLARIS INSTITUTE EXPOSES LEAKED EURO UNION DOCUMENTS: polarisinstitute.org