The crop losses will have the most effect on the world's poorest populations.
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Those countries pushed into recession by weaker American demand will, in turn, buy less from both the United States and the rest of the world, magnifying the initial effect.
Carl Hooper, who captained the Windies in the 2003 World Cup, remembers the effect Richards had on the opposition.
Others seem to be leaning pretty heavily on the concept of being so disruptive that, in effect, the world will change for them.
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But will the study have a big effect in the real world?
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The increasing clout of individual investors will have a pervasive effect on the world's financial sector.
It captures only the one-off gains, but looks at their effect on the world economy over a decade.
But there are many economists who fear that what is happening to the price of these commodities could have a seriously destabilising effect on the world economy.
Two themes that dominated these discussions were the state of the contemporary literary community and the effect of the digital world on writing and its industries.
Well, the fact is, the mortgage crisis is not only destroying the dreams of Americans for home ownership, it is having a ripple effect across the world.
In the days surrounding the anniversary, NPR is broadcasting a number of stories about AIDS and its effect around the world.
The effect on world-wide nuclear growth "will depend upon how things play out in Japan over the next few days or weeks, " Mr. Carter said.
Of course, the model only looks at fundamentals and cannot quantify data such as the havoc caused by crises in the Islamic world and their effect on crude oil prices.
Depending on what gets changed, the Operation Compassion restatement could have a significant ripple effect throughout the charity world.
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The integration of China and other emerging economies into the world trading system has, in effect, more than doubled the global labour force, and by curbing workers' bargaining power it has restrained pay demands in most developed economies in recent years.
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The entry of China, India and the former Soviet Union into market capitalism has, in effect, doubled the world supply of workers, from 1.5 billion to 3 billion.
In the most famous case, America's tax breaks allow it in effect to hire the world's most successful businessman, Bill Gates, as its agent for good works, buying the public the benefit of his acumen.
"It was really the shock of the financial panic in the week of Sept. 15 that ricocheted around the world nearly instantaneously that has made the worldwide contagion effect utterly dramatic, " Sachs says.
For a real-world example of the effect of lower search costs, think of today's e-reader price wars.
Platform-based businesses, business that enable people (developers, customers, opinion formers) at low cost, are having a huge effect on the world around us.
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The summit is taking place amidst a worsening global economic situation which is likely to have a disproportionately harsh effect on the world's poor.
Such an impact would surely have had a perceptible effect on the world, but the rocks from 214m years ago do not record one.
Understand that with political pressures and global concerns, decisions can be made halfway across the world that have a ripple effect in markets around the globe.
If the world's only superpower turns inward or is unable to display leadership worthy of its status, that could have a negative effect on the world.
"Anybody who watched the World Cup and saw the effect it had on the country can't convince me that (granting Kalou citizenship) would not have been in the national interest, " Cruyff said.
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The World will have a similar effect.
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Take, for example, the so-called Augusta effect, which course superintendents around the world lament.
And there are few places in the world, which we don't often talk about, which will have an enduring effect on the stability of our world.
With Cole sidelined by an ankle injury, Terry and Bridge are expected to be named in the squad to face the African champions when it is announced at the weekend and Capello believes there will be no negative effect on his preparations for the World Cup finals in South Africa.
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