John Maynard Keynes vividly portrayed the heyday of the first golden age of globalization (1870-1914) in his prophetic book, “The Economic Consequences of Peace,” as follows: “The inhabitant of London ...

Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas, much of the world was already connected via trade, exploration, and cultural exchange. In fact, one can trace globalization all ...

This is a column about two numbers that seem to tell contradictory stories about globalization. Over the past 15 years, a consensus has developed that globalization has run its course and gone into ...

If your small business is in the process of branching out worldwide, consider the following points as you prepare for your launch. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of ...

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.

In 1999, the columnist Thomas Friedman pronounced the Cold War geopolitical system dead. The world, he wrote, had “gone from a system built around walls to a system increasingly built around networks.

Despite the hand-wringing about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, which many claim sounds the death knell for the world’s trading system, and worries about heightened geopolitical tensions, ...

Ever since I picked up a copy of Thomas Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree nearly 20 years ago, I’ve been convinced that globalization is here to stay. But the idea has been under fire recently, ...

Demand for people with interpersonal skills has been on the rise for decades. Harvard research shows that, over a 30-year period, jobs that require a lot of social interaction grew by 12 percentage ...

You hear a lot these days about how globalization is reversing. While some supply chains are onshoring and trade ties weakening, these trends are not reflected in public companies’ revenue sources. In ...

During International Education Week (Nov. 18-22), Purdue’s Office of Global Partnerships and Global Academic Committee recognize four winners of Purdue’s 2024 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization ...