GLOBALISATION

Globalisation

Globalisation

Introduction

The world is shrinking. Not physically, of course, but socially, culturally and economically. The nations of the world are coming closer together in terms of cultural contacts and economic transactions (Taylor, Richardson, Yeo, Marsh, Trobe, & Pilkington 1995). Globalization as defined by Michael D. Bordo, a columnist in Business Economics magazine, is "the increasing close international integration of markets for goods, services and factor of production, labor and capital." Going back on the timeline to the late 1970's when globalization was still an unborn idea in the hand of some economists who foresaw the globe in thirty or forty years ahead. Today, the dream came true and distance units such as miles no longer measure the globe; instead it's measured by economics, side by side with politics, units.

Discussion

Although globalization may seem fascinating and amazing to many economists and political leaders, "you can't satisfy all people's needs and wants," as an ancient philosopher said. This open world that is based on a ground of free trade, capitalism, and liberalism is no more an appropriate world for human creatures like us after the hidden implications of globalization that have been recently debunked.

Opposing those organizations that have lately opened in favor of free trade, anti-globalization agencies speak out divulging the fake mask that globalists wear. Edwin A. Locke, a dean's professor Emeritus of Leadership and Motivation at the University of Maryland, is a key supporter for international open trade. He wrote an article that appeared in Capitalism Magazine May 1st of this year undermining what anti-globalists claim about the ordeals and disasters capitalism and globalization have brought about. He says that the fears of exploiting labors, degrading environment, and weakening small nations are unreasonable claims that stand on a soft ground without a concrete basis. However, one might argue powerfully and enthusiastically that globalization has caused severe damage to the environment, small nations, and cheap laborers in many areas of the world.

To start with, that globalization is a leading force for depleting our environment may seem a broad and unreal claim anti-globalists always insist on. It might be appropriate here to concede that Locke is correct when he talks about the inverse relation between environment and globalization and the increase of production. Locke doesn't deny that globalization and development of his country, America, was based on the depletion and degradation of the environment. However, according to, "Globalization: life raft for the impoverished" Brian Doherty ascribes the depletion of the environment to industrialization rather than globalization. It's normally the environment that is affected by any sort of technological advances. For example, a cement factory is a must in any developing or developed countries that seek improvement in standers of life. Such factories produce thousands of units of gases daily, and that, undoubtly, harms our environment. "Industry inherently causes environmental destabilization, regardless of regulations placed on it"(Doherty). Locke and Doherty ironically ask those who protest against either globalization or environment depletion what the alternatives are. Should people remain in poverty just not to pollute ...