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Flat, spiky, or smaller? (Part 2)

Which world is ours, and what does it mean for local governments?

by TINDAL R
Flat, spiky, or smaller? (Part 2)
Published in January 2010 - Page 25

Part I of this article examined the global economic order that has been a dominant feature of the past several decades. Is that world about to come to an end and, if so, what will replace it, and what are the implications for local governments?

A Smaller Post-Globalization World

The dramatic shift to a smaller world that is envisioned by Jeff Rubin1 begins with the reality that our global economy has been built upon the

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