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Nov 9th 2011, 1:50 by The Economist online
Fake innovation in North Korea, Nigerian trust networks and the liberalisation of China are three effects of globalisation that Robert Guest, our business editor, discusses in his new book
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I don't think lack of welfare in US eases integration of immigrants. Canada has a strong welfare system and is very successful in integrating immigrants. Maybe more so than America. The key is culture, I believe.
No. There is no Indian accent whatsoever, north or south.
But what does that have to do with anything, whether there is or not?
I would rather observe the off-track comment reflects, perhaps not racism as the disclaimer so states, but a mentality marked by under-education about "accents", under-exposure to current world affairs, and over-clinging to outdated linguistic and cultural stereotyping.
They are many many people who know intimately more than one language and see the world through more than one pair of cultural glasses. The Dark Ages ended for them.
I agree completely. You couldn't have articulated this truth any better.
I rather agree with what Mr. Guest said in the segment on China.
A woman with a rather foreign sounding name, and in my mind an Indian accent, acting as the editor for a primarily English magazine.
That to me sums up the current state of globalization and to a lesser extent, worldwide immigration .
Ps. Not trying to be racist!
In no way does she have an Indian accent.