Comments on: Free Markets and Globalization

By: ittech

ittech — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:38:36 +0000

Beautiful thoughts.

By: mbaratta83

mbaratta83 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:58:23 +0000

I’ve also heard that any farmers who have the misfortune of having field s next to those run by companies that use patented GM seeds can have their fields contaminated by those GM crops and then sued by the company for patent violation. So unfair!

By: D.Om Prakash Narayan

D.Om Prakash Narayan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:00:04 +0000

Pertinent topic, and the writer has done her share of informing the people. All of us should do our bit to stop GM crops as they are against Nature. Nature NEVER intended that we will tamper with its finely structured mechanism one day, with our “supposedly” super intelligence!

By: OhSugar

OhSugar — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:28:09 +0000

Great presentation. Thank you for sharing this information. I had no knowledge about this topic.

By: CutestPrincess

CutestPrincess — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:34:04 +0000

you really did an excellent job on writing this…

By: Melody Arcamo Lagrimas

Melody Arcamo Lagrimas — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:32:38 +0000

I have to read more about this, very well-written, Uma,thanks.

By: Uma Shankari

Uma Shankari — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:59:45 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Ruby. Actually, marketing is just a question of demand and supply. If you manufacture something on a huge scale, you have to create a market or demand for it to make a profit. British needed a market for their textile industry in the early 19th century; their factory-produced clothes were more durable and attractive, yet Gandhi advised people to discard/burn them, because this killed the cottage industry in India and affected the lives of many thousands of weavers. Similarly, India’s (OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY) native methods of organic farming knowledge takes a beating. Definitely those grown with artificial fertilizers look better fed. But are they sustainable? Do they preserve soil fertility? You must have read/heard “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson. If not read this link: http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/hcarson.asp
This is what commercially driven world does to us.

By: Ruby Hawk

Ruby Hawk — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:54:20 +0000

I’m sorry to say I have very little knowledge of what you write. I know many people are in poverty. We have it here but I understand not near as bad as in some other countries. Practially every business has outsourced call centers. we can’t talk to a business about anything. The call goes to someone overseas and the wait is long besides so many misunderstandings. I have read some about the geneticaly engineered seeds and I don’t like the idea. It seems unhealthy to me.Your article is very understandable and well written. I will read about this and try to be more knowledgable.

By: Ramalingam Subramaniam

Ramalingam Subramaniam — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:26:57 +0000

Globalisation has actually shifted the power balance from the West to East, as evidenced by the statements made by former president of US as well as the present president i.e that is why outsourcing has been banned by the US.

By: manya

manya — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:41:38 +0000

Very true Uma, the most visible example are the Varanasi silk weavers who are now in extreme poverty because of the unchecked artificial silk coming into the country. And we certainly have abundant such examples.

-manya