Photo series on the spaces where young children across the world sleep at night.

http://mic.com/articles/75173/21-images-of-where-children-sleep-around-the-world-paints-a-powerful-picture-of-inequality

An article talking about the feasibility of Jeffrey Sachs’ ideas on sustainable development.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530121.500-age-of-sustainable-development-good-lives-for-all.html#.VQeAQhDF9tI

A video clip from the 2013 meeting of the World Social Forum to discuss alternative concepts of globalization

 

A podcast discussion of the economic value of natural resources and an evaluation of the dollar value of the global ecosystem.

 

http://www.radiolab.org/story/what-dollar-value-nature/

An article talking about how the forces of globalization have affected the labor force in Nepal.

 

http://www.telegraphnepal.com/national/2015-03-05/globalization-undermined-nepal-labor-welfare-policies.html

An article discussing the loss of food sovereignty in Kenya and the damage that corporate interests may do in the name of food security.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201503061195.html

An interesting talk on neoliberalism and revolutions in South America.

Martin Khor talks about the structural adjustment and how it affects the relationship between the state and its citizens.

 

http://www.globalissues.org/video/727/martin-khor-structural-adjustment-explained

An 8 minute video briefly discussing the socialist ujamaa system in Tanzinia. This system was mentioned briefly in Chapter 4 of Rist.

 

Interesting read on how China is looking to create global financial institutions to challenge the IMF and the World Bank, although the author’s take on the situation has a clear bias.

 

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/L2LTKEPrR8XvMWzcnLFPpK/A-Bretton-Woods-moment-in-Asia.html