The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

The great, unreported story in globalization is about power, not ideology. It's about how finance and business regularly, continuously insert their own self-interested deals and exceptions into rules and agreements that are then announced to the public as "free trade."

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.