The left and globalization

With this issue Dissent inaugurates a new series entitled "Brave New Globe. " Over the next two years ct diverse group of writers will analyze, debate, and worry aloud about the world economy. The series begins here with Alice Amsden and Takashi Hikino making an argument about how the left should thi nk about globalization. Ensuing issues will features James K. Galbraith, ec onomist at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin; M ark Levinson, chief economist for the Union of Needlecraft, Industrial & Te xtile Employees; and Susan George, Paris-based political and economic criti c. After this first set of articles, these authors will do a second round i n 2000-2001.