Cosmopolitan Democracy, the movie

It's 90 minutes long, but this video from a conference on cosmopolitan democracy is worth the time. As a result, I've ordered two books by Daniele Archibugi, The Global Commonwealth of Citizens: Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy, and Cosmopolitan Democracy: An Agenda for a New World Order.

You can watch the video here.

I learned that cosmopolitan democracy is much bigger in Europe (which makes sense), the world may love Obama, the first cosmopolitan president, even more than the US does, and Keynes had a idea in the 1940's for an international currency clearing house that is fascinating. Another well-made point is that United States has been a force in opposition to authoritarianism around the world, a fact the world appreciates, but Bush screwed everything up. Hopefully we'll get back on track.

Btw, the site that hosts the vid, globaldemo.org, will be getting more of my attention soon.