tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post6553579569084761839..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: It Is Still Summer!P. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-58655315601514422122021-08-25T08:04:48.781-07:002021-08-25T08:04:48.781-07:00Dawn, I fall asleep with a book on my face or duri...Dawn, I fall asleep with a book on my face or during the middle of a movie, but I wake up about 3 a.m. and get up to read then. <br /><br />I've been thinking today about the wide differences between the "globalists" in the Anand Giridharadas book and Soon-Young Moon as a "citizen of the world." The capitalist "winners" in WINNERS TAKE ALL seem to have little or no sense of any common good for their own country (U.S.) and little desire to make things better for their fellow Americans. They initiate MARKET changes in other parts of the world from which THEY benefit, but their talk about "changing the world" rings hollow. And as the author points out, it is only these WINNERS who are at the table, making decisions. <br /><br />Dr. Yoon's work with the U.N., on the other hand, involves working directly with people affected -- women, poor people, indigenous populations , wherever they are -- and with their governments and the U.N. to make real change possible. And while she calls herself a "citizen of the world" and her family retains strong feeling for their Korean homeland, my sense is that her gratitude for the opportunities she has had as a child refugee and immigrant to the United States fuel in large part her work in other countries. I know she is very attached to Northport!<br /><br />The globalists in WINNERS TAKE ALL aim to solve all problems with the same set of technical market solutions.<br /><br />Dr. Yoon and her U.N. coworkers put their feet on the ground and listen to what people elsewhere say they need. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. <br /><br />Big difference!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-4223926464574815952021-08-24T14:24:28.226-07:002021-08-24T14:24:28.226-07:00Appreciate the Peasy pictures. Also that you'...Appreciate the Peasy pictures. Also that you've read so much. I can't seem to stay awake to read.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.com