Globalization

^But his message to the American people is in direct contrast.
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Is it?

By putting America first, that doesnt at all mean that the americans cannot use globalization does it. Like he has.

So we know then that the long term trends are towards greater interpenetration and interdependence of the worlds economy.
Capital has become global and supra-international corporations whose wealth often far exceed a single country.
The resultant wealth from this market economy is creating more and more wealth in developed countries.

But what we also know that not everything is so interpenetrated.

Wealth accumulation has not been fairly shared
Technology is another, 90% of the world patents is held by the richest countries, and carefully protected by WTO agreements.

Proponents of globalization argue that globalization allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and thus raise their living standards.

But opponents say that globalization is unfettered international free market which only benefits the multinationals at the expense of local enterprise, local culture and local people.

There lies the conundrum that is Trump. His vast and untaxed wealth which benefits no one but himself has made good use of globalization in his pursuit of profit. But his message to the American people is in direct contrast.

So I think what I am saying that globalization is a challenge particularly to those who benefit very little from its consequences. Globalization cannot be put back into the bottle as the power that drives it is far bigger than any one country, but that if countries cooperate and work together they can if willing mitigate so much of the damage that is being done.

There is and can be both as far as I see it.
It is all just on a sliding scale. A very large sliding scale.

luckygirl yes I so agree and that is my argument that people like Trump are trying to put the genie back into the bottle but that it will be an impossible task.

"It's the economy stupid"

I would argue that the roots of globalization lies in the Colonial Period of the 17 18 and 19th centuries. Often with the use of brute force far off countries were exploited for their natural resources from gold to slaves. The resultant wealth accumulated from this exploitation by individuals in the colonial countries, was the initial engine that drove the industrial revolution. The power lay with these Empires and until very recently remained so.
The capitalist system became the worlds economic system, with a few hiccups on the way. The capitalist driver is the pursuit of profit, and this meant that the industrialist in this pursuit of profit needed an ever increasing expansion into the worlds markets. Economic globalisation was the result.

Can you properly explain the MawBroon definition Anya please?

I agree that now globalization encompasses every aspect of our lives - business and trade of course, but also culture and much more.

The exchange of knowledge is part of this and has to be a good thing - scientific advances can be shared.

And our cities become melting pots of cultures.

I guess the most difficult aspect of globalization from a personal point of view is that I cannot turn away from knowing what is happening all round the world. That child suffering under bombing raids on the other side of the world is just as important as my own GC - and I cannot shut my eyes to this, although, TBH, sometimes I wish I could.

One of the biggest difficulties is that globalization engenders fear on a tribal level. Look at Trump - it is all about America now and he just wants to pull up the drawbridges and build the walls and keep out this thing that he fears so much - and citizens have followed him in their droves.

But we cannot back away from globalization - it is a reality. Let us hope that we will develop constructive and civilized ways to make it work for the good of all.

That much is obvious.

The one I was looking at was this one the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale:

I would say that even these two definitions are a bit different to each other.

This one puts emphasis on businesses etc as the drivers. In which case I would say yes, individual nations have some control.

Whereas the MawBroon one, I was going to say puts more emphasis on the world being the driver.
But as I read the MawBroon one more, I cant say I totally understand the definition really.

Bear with what?

Yes mawbroon that's a good definition. But I'm going to argue that globalisation takes in not just economic spread but also all the other stuff I have listed.

Bear with. Daughter just turned up.

How about this?

What is globalization? definition and meaning - BusinessDictionary.com
www.businessdictionary.com › definition
The worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration. Globalization implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods, and services across national frontiers.

Which definition of globalization would you like to use?