Globalization is everywhere.
States, economies, and societies are increasingly integrated. Labor, while still subject to much greater control than capital, moves transnationally while tourism now involves an estimated 600 million international travelers a year. Finally, the ubiquity of CNN is already a clich , and entertainment industry budgets now make calculations on the basis of a global market. The separation of production and consumption that is the heart of the market economy appears to have reached its zenith. Global Hierarchies and Telephone Networks by Hugh Louch, Eszter Hargittai, and Miguel Angel Centeno Princeton University Forthcoming 1999.