Monday, 31 August 2015

Week in Review: The Rise of Nationalism

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The utopian promises of globalization are failing—and the world is returning to nationalism! As economies worsen and conditions become more dangerous, we’re seeing the rise in protectionism, anti-immigration, fence building, arms build-up. It’s a dangerous trend you need to understand. We’ll look at the effects in several places around the world but focus particular attention on Europe’s response to its migrant crisis
The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas is gaining political legitimacy, changing the landscape in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
This week saw more racially motivated violence in the U.S. with the horrific murders in Virginia.
And scientists who tried to replicate the results of a hundred highly touted psychology studies found that two thirds of them were hooey!
All this and much more on today’s Trumpet Hour.

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