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2006-07-24 |
n a forthcoming study from the American Journal of Sociology, Emily Erikson and Peter Bearman (Columbia University) demonstrate that an early example of globalization was the direct result of individual ![]() The researchers analyze data from 4,572 voyages completed by the East India Trading Company from 1601 to 1833 - offering a rare and "We show that for a limited period of time there emerged a unique opportunity for self-interested actors to act; that their actions culminated in a network infrastructure that transcended them, and ultimately created the context of their own demise |
Posted by:DanNY |
#2 Required course at Columbia - 'I Hate Capitalism 101'? Yeah, like these guys never, ever used any University resources for their own personal benefit... |
Posted by: Raj 2006-07-24 14:55 |
#1 Typical socialist. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-24 13:46 |