US Dollar V Indian Rupee

[lukethedrifter]

Beer was really cheap in the Ukraine.

[sighyoung]

Beer was really cheap in the Ukraine.

Is life cheap in the Ukraine?

[Arthur Dent]

I think that would be awesome. The hulking empty buildings that used to house industry (but are lately getting some residential use) make me really sad. When I see the books with photographs showing what those buildings used to be...

This is why globalization unnerves me.

It requires a working class that must be exploited to enhance
profit margins. If they or their government kicks, the jobs
are given to some other bunch of poor, desperate bastards.

And this is also why globalization is a terrible term. It functions as a synonym for advancing business power worldwide. A more connected world ought to mean freedom of movement for people instead of just capital, but we're not doing that. Instead we build new fences while innovating on new "rights" for capital to do whatever it wishes.