Globalization 1.0

Paul Krugman reads books on his Kindle:

Fruits of globalization: [A] book recommendation: I’m reading Dan Koeppel’s Banana at Bedtime (yes, on my Kindle), and it’s great. Right now I’m in the midst of the rise of the modern banana trade, and of United Fruit.

One message from this story is that globalization as a profound source of change is nothing new. In fact, the combination of things that made the widespread consumption of bananas in America possible — railroads, steamships, refrigeration, and, not least, regime change often backed by American military might — where do you think banana republics came from? — makes containerization and the Washington Consensus look low-key by comparison...

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[NE1]

My parents put bananas in the freezer to blacken for banana bread, and this post led me to research (wikipedia):

The flavour and texture of bananas are affected by the temperature at which they ripen. Bananas are refrigerated to between 13.5 and 15 °C (57 and 59 °F) during transportation. At lower temperatures, the ripening of bananas permanently stalls, and the bananas will eventually turn grey.

[leo]

"Paul Krugman reads books on his Kindle..."

It's probably a smart idea to go to Krugman for economics and Mossberg for tech: http://tinyurl.com/2cyyy4

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