Is Globalization good? Is it inevitable?
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It is inevitable, and yes it is good to a degree.  It just means that eventually all poverty will be eliminated, if all the powers that be [IMF, WB, OPEC, ETC] focus on creating even the most poorest nation in Africa to become globalized with a sound economic environment, and a less corrupt government, then it will have been worth it.  \n\nIt will definitely take years, but it is inevitable.  Did you know Bill Gates met with leaders of the IMF & WB to globalize microsoft?  I attended the conference about 6 yrs ago in Washington, D.C., where he introduced a plan for even the poorest nation to be equipped with his computers, mainly schools and universities.  This would promote, growth and education and enable parts of Africa to 'catch-up' to the rest of the world.
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All the Nations that wanted our technology and our wealth will want globalisation.  The only people in the US that actually gain from globalisation are the rich folks that have corporations in another country.\n\nEverything we need is here.\nEverything that the world need in here.\n\nWill you share your house with any stranger just because your rich neighbor said it is o.k.?\n\n\nBut once the US is at the bottom of the food chain even the US rich folks will be kick out of India or China like dogs.  When that happen our rich folks will parade us with US flags on all the Wal-Mart trucks again.
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To borrow from President Clinton here, it depends on what the meaning of "globalization" is. I have seen a number of definitions, ranging from social-cultural to economic.  Usually "globalization" conjures up ideas of some sort of global inter-connectedness wherein previous barriers are no longer as salient, and the free flow of tangible and intangible goods serves to change the entire system- arguably for the better.  If we assume that we're talking about globalization on all fronts, such that we mean the free flow of all tangible and intangible goods, then at first glance we might be tempted to say that this is a good thing.  But I would rather ask another question. Rather than assuming that globalization is an end unto itself, I would rather pose the question in terms of how globalization might be used as a tool to accomplish a specific goal. For example, on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)- an often cited example of economic globalization in North America- we might ask how workers have fared in terms of their wages, rights, workplace safety.  Or, we might look at China's accession to the WTO and its consequences.  I personally do not believe that the answer to your question lies in "globalization" itself, but how it is used.  With any radical change, there are bound to be costs and benefits. But the costs and benefits arise largely because new opportunities are created. Those opportunities do not necessarily indicate a fixed directionality or path. Rather, it is how people use those opportunities to achieve certain results. Globalization is neither inherently "good" nor inherently "bad". It does not demean rights, or wages, or the safety of others, no more so than a car can cause a highway accident or a gun can kill a person.  It matters more how globalization is used as a tool to achieve specific ends.
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i think it is good - there  should always be alternative ideologies - helps keep the balance in the world.  I am not a socialist by the way...  oh yeah, nor do I see any evidence of it rising..
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Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. It describes the increase of trade and investing due to the falling of barriers and the interdependence of countries. In specifically economic contexts, the term refers almost exclusively to the effects of trade, particularly trade liberalization or "free trade" (however, see "meanings" below). More broadly, the term refers to the overall integration, and resulting increase in interdependence, among global actors (be they political, economic, or otherwise).\n\n \nA picture taken in Dubai International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates showing some of the characteristics of globalization. Here, the corporation McDonalds is marketing their "McArabia" meal, consisting of grilled kofta.From 1910 to 1950, a series of political and economic upheavals dramatically reduced the volume and importance of international trade. After World War II, international trade dramatically expanded, fostered by international economic institutions and rebuilding programs. From the 1970s, the effects of this trade became increasingly visible in terms of benefits and disruptive effects.\n\nIt is useful to distinguish economic, political, and cultural aspects of globalization, although all three aspects are closely intertwined. The other key aspect of globalization is changes in technology, particularly in transport and communications, which it is claimed are creating a global village
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Globalization is neo-imperialism. This means the whole world should do what USA tells them to do. Anybody says anything against the western invasion, will be called "Anti-western" and be destroyed by American globalizers. On the other hand it is the god given right of the west to be anti-east. To make sure this plan of globalization works, son-of-a-bush is making sure that nobody else can have nuclear bombs. Only America has used nuclear bomb in the past and only they can have it.
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The elements of globalisation are transborder capital, labor, management, news, images, and data flows. These include greater international movement of commodities, money, information, and people; and the development of technology, organizations, legal systems, and infrastructures to allow this movement.\n\nGlobalization is a process along four dimensions: economic globalization, formation of world opinion, democratization, and political globalization.
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yes it has a great effect in macro economics dealing with exchange rates and interest rates and foreign trade. a weak or undervalued currency is better for manufacture of goods in your country and a strong currency is better if you import goods from other countries.
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Try these websites for information on globalization:\n\nhttp://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/\n\nhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm\n\nCovering a wide range of distinct political, economic, and cultural trends, the term “globalization” has quickly become one of the most fashionable buzzwords of contemporary political and academic debate. In popular discourse, globalization often functions as little more than a synonym for one or more of the following phenomena: the pursuit of classical liberal (or “free market”) policies in the world economy (“economic liberalization”), the growing dominance of western (or even American) forms of political, economic, and cultural life (“westernization” or “Americanization”), the proliferation of new information technologies (the “Internet Revolution”), as well as the notion that humanity stands at the threshold of realizing one single unified community in which major sources of social conflict have vanished (“global integration”).\n\nhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/
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Eventually US jobs will be nothing but low paying service jobs. Globalization will accelerate this.
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Unless we start accepting globalization and its ramifcations, I would say we will be up to our armpits in jobless people. I could go on but why? I can't change anything but myself.
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Of Course it would. All Credible Economist agree. Its a no brainer. Its better in everyway.\n\nThem sending money abroad is a loss for us. But the work they provide is much more valuable. A simple example.\nA worker gets payed 2000 a month, sends 500 and keeps 1500 to spend here. The work they do helps Developers Make Millions, then Spend their money here to make more money and on...  Its all part of the Global Enonomy. The family in mexico will probably use the money to buy Cells phones etc.. which are made by Motorola, a US company. Do you see ? its very complex and simple at the same time. Alot of people dont get it.
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Here are a few resources to get you started:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization\nhttp://www.globalresearch.ca/\nhttp://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/index.htm\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,,823274,00.html\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,,823097,00.html\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,,823296,00.html\nhttp://globalisationguide.org/
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Globalisation needs a world without borders
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There has been an increase in globalization in the United States as well as in rest of the world. This has resulted in many good things as well a lot of economic dislocation and unemployment.  It is not completely evil as you seem to assume. Read Thomas Friedman's "The Lexus and the Olive Tree".\n\ncc
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Global trade; Globalisation\n\n\nTrade will help bring countries togeather. Stop future unrests between countries.\n\nMakes countries and industries iterdependant so that the global and local economies will become more stable. \n\nBring better living conditions to the Indians through the infusion of new technologies in to their industries. \n\nBad: India is a very self sufficient nation; and very powerful too. Promoting global trade will greatly help India become a major powerhouse which will be a large threat to the developed nations.  \n\n\nSorry if i deviated from the point. Hope this helps
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You should check out The Pentegon's New Map by Thomas Barnett and maybe email some embassies in the US for really booming countries like India and China.  Also, depending on how technical you want to go, you may want to look at Jan Aart Scholte's book Globalization: a critical introduction.