Global is local

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Dr. James J. O'Donnell" <provost () georgetown edu>
Date: June 24, 2005 8:26:25 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Global is local



From a memo that crossed my desk . . .

"It is hard to imagine 'markets' that are purely local, though some must
surely exist.  Labor, supplies, components, money, and consumers are
increasingly sourced throughout the world.  Even the owner of Mom's  
Apple
Pies, a bakery in Reston, Virginia that sells its products locally,  
claims
she must obtain apples from parts of the world other than Virginia,
because of their inherent stability in cooking and impact on taste. Then
she mentions that her best workers are immigrants from other countries!"

Jim O'Donnell
Georgetown U.


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