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...Chanda's essential ideas - that globalization has been a gradual historical process and that we are connected to the past - are hardly the stuff of dazzling scholarly insight. But his encyclopedic survey of the forces and events that have connected individuals, societies and cultures is nimbly paced and punctuated by lively anecdotes - of catamarans plying Polynesian seas, of Catholic converts in Mexico bearing icons made in Macau of missionaries martyred in Japan, and of the armless boy in an Indian trade delegation who awed imperial Rome by shooting arrows with his toes...
Dimitrijevic is multilingual and grew up in Switzerland in what he terms a Yugoslav family, a claim that offers some insight into emerging-market investing: it's always changing and evolving. In his presentation, Dimitrijevic proposes that emerging markets offer the best opportunities, even though markets such as India, China and Malaysia have had bubble-like runs. "Don't be fooled by sticker shock given their huge outperformance in recent years," he says. "We are witnessing a trend change in the fundamentals right now." And such fundamental changes are what macro traders love most...
...while the trash offers impediments to would-be racers, it also provides interesting insight into local consumer trends...
Adam D. Yock ’08 said that while he once read for the fun of the story, he now finds himself looks for the details Rowling planted throughout the series that will bear fruit in the final book. Exactly where his insight comes from, however, he said he can’t determine...
...documentary On My Own, filmmaker Anupama Srinivasan dwells on the lives of five Indian women living alone in Delhi. The film is a colorful portrayal of the trials and tribulations that come with flying solo. One insight: Women in India must often live a double life to avoid unwanted attention. "Some had to lie to get out of the house. There was one [subject] who was divorced; she was constantly asked about what happened, where her husband was and had to keep making up stories about why he wasn't there," says Srinivasan. "They were just not comfortable giving...