Current Events - Editorials & Commentary

ProQuest

Magazines - last 3 months

Newspapers - last 30 days

EBSCOhost

Magazines - Full text editorials from 9 monthly and weekly newsmagazines across the political spectrum.

ED135 Brouns Globalization

How has globalization changed the world and especially the American workforce?

Online Reference Book
Vaidya, Ashish K. Globalization. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online.

CQ Researcher Reports
Cooper, Mary H. "Exporting Jobs." CQ Researcher 14.7 (2004): 149-172. CQ Researcher Online.
Katel, Peter. "Vanishing Jobs." CQ Researcher 19.10 (2009): 225-248. CQ Researcher Online.
Katel, Peter. Vanishing Jobs. [Weblog entry.] The CQ Researcher Blog. March 13, 2009.

Billitteri, Thomas J. "Middle-Class Squeeze." CQ Researcher 19.9 (2009): 201-224. CQ Researcher Online.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Global Food Crisis." CQ Researcher 18.24 (2008): 553-576. CQ Researcher Online.

Price, Tom. "Science in America." CQ Researcher 18.2 (2008): 25-48. CQ Researcher Online.


Articles from Sample EBSCO Searches
( global* or international compet* ) and american work*

( global* OR international compet* ) and ( america* or united states ) and workforce*

Articles from Sample ProQuest Search
SU(global*) AND (american work* or outsour*)

Additional Articles
Mandel, Michael. "ARE THEY GOOD FOR AMERICA :They're productive, innovative, and loaded with cash. But that doesn't mean they'll bail out the U.S. economy. " Business Week. 10 Mar. 2008: 41-46.

Gary Stoller. "Doing business abroad? Simple faux pas can sink you.:[FINAL Edition]. " USA TODAY. 24 Aug. 2007,B.1.

"Rich man, poor man." Economist 382.8512 (20 Jan. 2007): 15-16.

Stevens, Andrew. TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES, Our Times, Dec 2007/Jan 2008

Fact.com
Economic Downturn

Videos
Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen
(Please watch the segment about world wealth)

Hans Rosling: New Insights on Poverty and Life around the World

Mind Science
(Scientists, with the help of Buddhist monks and the Dalai Lama, are unlocking mysteries of the brain.)
-Watch online
-Watch the DVD in Library
Library Location: Video (request at Circulation)
Call Number: QP363.3 .M552008

Beyond our Differences by writer/producer/director Peter Bisanz.
Library Location: Video (request at Circulation)
Call Number: BL48 .B49 2009

Books
The World is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century /
Thomas L. Friedman.
Library Location: Main Collection Call Number: HM846 .F74 2005

Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce (Executive Summary (PDF) and Standard Powerpoint(PDF) )
Location: Main Collection Call Number: HD5715.2 .N32 2007

Making globalization work
Location: Main Collection Call Number: HF1359 .S753 2006

Elephant and the dragon : the rise of India and China and what it means for all of us / Robyn Meredith. Meredith, Robyn. 2007
Library Location: New Books Call Number: HC435.3 .M47 2007

Globalization and free trade / Natalie Goldstein
Library Location: Main Collection Call Number: HF1418.5 .G645 2007

Rethinking globalization / Nick Bisley. Bisley, Nick, 1973- 2007
Library Location: New Books Call Number: JZ1318 .B573 2007

Jobs in America / edited by David Ramm. 2006
Library Location: Main Collection Call Number: HD5724 .J6873 2006 Status: Available

The Post-American World (ordered)

More CBC Library Books on Globalization or "Free Trade"

Personal Finance - BUS 120 / 220

Newspapers, Magazines and Journals

Barron's
Better Investing
Business Week
Financial Planning
Forbes
Fortune
Inc.
Journal of Financial Planning
Journal of Taxation
The Kiplinger Letter
The Kiplinger Tax Letter
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
Money
National Tax Journal
Taxes
Treasury Bulletin
Trusts & Estates
Wall Street Journal

Books

There are several books on reserve at the CBC Library; titles in the Reserve Reference section are on 1 week loan.

Ebooks

Select titles from Ebrary (more titles are available via an advanced subject search on stocks, investments, estate planning, and related topics):

Clifford, Denis. Estate Planning Basics. Nolo Press, 2007.

Robert, Clyatt. Work Less, Live More : The Way to Semi-Retirement (2nd Edition). Nolo Press, 2007.

Randolph, Mary. 8 Ways to Avoid Probate. Nolo Press, 2006 .

Haacke, Carl. Frenzy : Bubbles, Busts, and How to Come Out Ahead. Palgrave Macmillan,2004.

Hirt, Geoffrey A. & Stanley B. Block. Managing Investments. McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Fontanills, George A. & Tom Gentile. The Stock Market Course. John Wiley, 2001.

You can also access numerous Netlibrary (online) ebooks for Personal Finance, Investing and Retirement. You will need to login to netLibrary and/or create a personal netlibrary account before you can read these from home. You can use our quarterly library database password to get into netlibrary and view/search the books, then create a free personal netlibrary account which will allow you to login with your own username and password, save book titles to an online favorites list, and more!

The public libraries in the Tri-Cities will also have many books on these topics.