>> It is; I've even got the nexis stats to prove it (though usage in
the
>> first half of 2001 was off a bit from 2000H1, after a sharp five-
>> year rise). I think one should name the things that "globalization"
>> effaces - the intensification of market disciplines, the shredding
of
>> the welfare state, the growth of imperial power - and, holding
>> contradictory thoughts firmly in mind, also point, a la Empire, to
>> the good things hidden within it, like cosmpolitanism, fascinating
>> cultural cross-pollination, etc.
Curiously enough, isn't it the perceived "cosmopolitanism" and "cultural cross-pollination" (real or not) which partially drives right-wingers like Pat Buchanan against NAFTA?
-- Dadvid