Globalization starts right here, in our very own hearts.
We seem to think of it as a diffuse process of such immense scale that we cannot identify its origin or center. But we give life to these global processes through our daily interactions. Our individual lives are the seedbed for all that globalization bears. A recent panel discussion at Cornell University regarding the role of the IMF in globalization provided, to my mind, a clear view of this intricate lattice of personal, local and global realities. While a young, black, female, college student of Haitian descent addressed the audience, Michel Camdessus sat, whispering repeatedly to the professor at his side.