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The
term globalisation has become amorphous and boundary less like the word empowerent
- its user defines its boundaries. I suggest we take the word regulation - a word
that has come back into the rethink on globalisation
A
highly political feminist movement , very broad based, with alliances with other
such oppressed classes is necessary for the revolution that is needed to stop
the careless crimes against women.
We
have to make the choice that the needs of the poor come first. Then we can transform
the economy.
It is sound economics to put incomes in the hands of the masses of the poor, because
these incomes generate the growth impulse. I call it the 'bubbling up' theory
of growth, as a different concept from the 'trickle down' approach. The growth
engine will bubble up from the production and consumption of the poor. Imagine
the entire growth path coming that way. This whole issue of poverty would have
been dealt with as a genuine priority.
The
younger generation is full of idealism about waste and overconsumption. So one
hopes there could develop a social movement which would include consumption restraint,
and alternative indices for measuring progress other than the GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) in order to create a new ideological value.
