What did the internets bring me today? A lot of globalisation…

• The World and globalisation - Globalisation is globalising. A site by Axel Dreher of the ETH Zurich containing lots of data on economic, social and political globalisation: the KOF index of globalisation.

• Education & globalisation – There are many many definitions of globalisation and this is the one taught in French textbooks: "globalisation implies subjugation of the world to the market, which constitutes a real cultural danger". Stefan Theil in Foreign Policy on bias and indoctrination in German and French economics textbooks.
• Blog post on globalisation - The brave men and women of the Australian Customs Service protect Australia from the dangers of globalisation. Mercurius over at Larvatus Prodeo praises the dedication of these fine officers and the hardships they have to endure.

What did the internets bring me today? A lot of presidential hopefuls.

• The World & the US elections – Alan S. Blinder analyses whether Americans are ready to stop the world and shut out reality: among Democrats, this may manifest itself in attitudes toward international trade that range from lukewarm support to outright hostility. Among Republicans, it shows up in attitudes toward immigration – and most things foreign – that border on xenophobia.
• Education & the US elections – Barack Obama, the winner of last week’s Democratic caucuses in Iowa was a favorite of academe. He received about one-third of the total donations that college administrators, faculty members, and other educators have made to presidential candidates. From the Chronicle’s election blog.
• Blogs & the US elections – Over at Crooked Timber they are ahead of the rest. Anticipating an Obama victory, John Holbo polls the likeliness of an Obama/Clinton ticket. The commentators clearly have other combinations in mind.

What did the internets bring me today? A lot of truths and lies:

• World news today – healthcare in the US and who is telling the truth? Michael Moore on CNN, demanding an apology.
• Education & Science news today – Dr. Carmona and the administration who had instructed him to put political considerations over scientific ones: truth vs. lies, a.k.a. science versus politics.
• Blog post today: science versus politics was the theme of yesterday’s ‘great global warming swindle’ event. John Quiggin blogs on this hilarious evening and shows how the delusionists were demolished. And Auxedit shows why it was hilarious.

What did the internets bring me today? A lot of economists:

• World news today – former economics professor Dominique Strauss-Kahn is nominated for the IMF: a socialist unafraid of free markets
• Education & Science news today – one economic school of thought – the orthodox neo-classical economists – are monopolising economics departments, leaving no place for heterodoxy
• Blog post today – Nicolai Foss, of the Copenhagen Business School, blogging on Organizations and Markets about the imperfect market for brilliant economics articles

First of all the World news of the day: a link to a news item about anything, happening anywhere; Second, the Education news of the day: a link to a news item relating to the topics of this blog, like education, academia, science and innovation. And finally, the Blog post of the day: a link to my small selection of the blogosphere.

Here’s my snapshot for today:

• World news today: Sarkozy tries to bend the European rules
• Education news today: the UK tries to explain what the Bologna declaration is not
  
• Blog post today: Dan Drezner explaining why there will never be a reality show about academia