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EDITORIAL ANGLE
Globalization is like an ocean current, carrying goods, services, people, money, and ideas—governments can try to erect sea walls, but the influence tends to seep through. The hope for globalization was that a rising tide would lift all boats. Instead, it has been more like a riptide that capsizes the weaker vessels. Without life vests or safety nets, many people in those smaller boats are drowning, as Joseph Stiglitz said at the Carnegie Council in October 2006.
A fairer globalization would benefit all people rather than a few special interests. Rather than trying to stop this current or limit people's access, the global economy's stakeholders might build a more sustainable globalization by addressing ethical concerns such as accountability, equity, fairness, justice, and transparency, as well as traditional liberal economic concepts of freedom and efficiency.
Policy Innovations is a weekly online magazine devoted to innovators and their ideas for a fairer globalization. The publication's unique concept is to highlight constructive innovations for either building a more ethical globalization or using globalization to advance the cause of social justice.
Our definition of "policy" is broad. The community of innovators includes scholars, practitioners, businesspeople, activists, and policymakers. Their ideas include policy prescriptions, business models, and the narratives or process of discovery that inspired them to innovate. Our premise is that innovations guided by ethics will yield a better globalization:
innovations + ethics = better globalization
—Devin Stewart, Editor
SUBMISSIONS
Please send submissions to Managing Editor Evan O'Neil.
ARTICLE GUIDELINES
Innovations: Articles on either the narrative of an innovating organization and person, or an idea for improving the state of globalization. (max 2,500 words)
Policy Library: Full-length academic and policy papers, event transcripts, and other related resources from the Policy Innovations network.
Commentary: Op-ed style essays (500 to 1,000 words) on the ethical dimensions of globalization.
Briefings: Short introductions to ethical issues and globalization written by Policy Innovations staff and linking to, referencing, and citing innovators in our network.
Audio/Video: Interviews with innovators and multimedia from our conferences and events.
Newsfeeds: Development, economics, and human rights RSS feeds from partner organizations.
CREATIVE COMMONS
Many of the articles on Policy Innovations are available under a Creative Commons License. This makes it easy for others to reproduce or republish our content in other media without worrying about strict copyright. Please read our full Creative Commons Usage Policy for details.
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