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Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace or communications technology - either data or goods that are whizzing around. We forget that people are whizzing around more and more. On them, it takes a toll.

People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.

We talk about globalization today as if it's some great big new thing, that we've all just discovered. But there's really nothing new about it.

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.

Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom.

Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.