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IS GLOBALISATION INEVITABLE AND DESIRABLE?
A public debate held on May 7th, 1997
Chairman: Professor Leslie Hannah, Pro-Director, LSE
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/
DEMOCRACY seems in short supply, so lacklustre the debate. In this
respect, the United Kingdom is no better off than France and the other
countries of Europe. If "la pensée unique" has found no proper
translation in English, it nonetheless has great currency: in
particular, insofar as globalisation is treated in almost all the
quality media as a given which does not bear discussion.
Among them, the prestigious daily Financial Times, and with the
weekly The Economist, both salute the liberal credo. Reputed for its
quality coverage of international affairs and for the rigour of its
economic, financial and social news, the FT always distinguishes
facts (held sacred) from commentary (where it vigorously defends its
convictions). On 29 April, prior to the British elections, it affirmed
its preference for Tony Blair's New Labour and also recalled that the
paper's editorial policy was grounded in its belief in the market
economy, free trade and creating an outward-looking Europe.
The points of view expressed, in their diversity, by Le Monde
diplomatique are also founded on rigorous news and hard fact, but
they draw on values beyond those of the market. Translated in five
European countries, le Diplo resolutely supports a Europe of its
citizens with common policies and is critical of a free trade zone as
just a segment of the world market. It believes that the economy
should be put to the service of society, and not vice versa.
Here are two differing visions of the world which rarely have the
chance to engage each other directly. This is why Le Monde
diplomatique welcomed the initiative of Howard Machin, director of
the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political
Science (LSE) in organising a debate with the Financial Times in
London on 7 May on the subject of globalisation. The meeting attracted
a large audience and will reconvene this autumn in Paris, also in a
university setting. The six participants did not try to reach a false
consensus - as can be seen in the following pages.
* Why this hatred of the market?
by Martin Wolf, Financial Times
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbwolf.html
* To save society
by Bernard Cassen, Le Monde diplomatique
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbcass2.html
* The Moral case of globalization
by Peter Martin, Financial Times
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbmart.html
* When Market Journalism Invades the World
by Serge Halimi, Le Monde diplomatique
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbserge.html
* Reform has not yet gone far enough
by Guy de Jonquières, Financial Times
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbjonq.html
* The great war machine
by Riccardo Petrella,
President of the Reader's Association, Le Monde diplomatique
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/dbpet.html
French version:
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/dossiers/ft/frindex.html
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Le Monde diplomatique http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/
THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE, LSE http://www.lse.ac.uk/depts/european/
