Author to speak about global economy

Michael Shuman, author of the acclaimed book Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age, will give a public talk today at 1:30 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union's Oak Room.\nThe talk, "Can Globalization Be Community Friendly?" is being sponsored by the IU Center for the Study of Democracy and Public Life and the Council on Local Economy.\nShuman is an attorney and co-director of the Institute for Economics and Empowerment for the Village Foundation. He is an acclaimed writer and consultant who specializes in globalization, community economics and federalism.\nIn addition to authoring or contributing to 13 books, Shuman has written for many publications including the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Responsive Community and The New Village Journal.\nShuman's talk will focus on the conflict between local communities and the global economy and the movement within some communities away from globalization, toward self-reliance. Some communities, Shuman said, are becoming more self-reliant to fight back against such things as corporate downsizing and the loss of so-called "Mom-and-Pop stores."\nShuman also gave a public talk Sunday at the Monroe County Public Library, titled "Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Globalizing Age."\nAccording to Political Science Professor Jeffrey Isaac, Shuman was originally planning on only giving Sunday's talk, but today's second lecture was planned and placed on campus to give students a better opportunity to hear him speak.\nAll members of the public are still welcome at the talk.\nAlso offering support in organizing the talks were the IU Center for the Study of Global Change, the Poynter Center, the Department of Communication and Culture, the Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis and the Department of Political Science.