Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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 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.
'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.
Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
The benefits and consequences of globalization have a great deal to do with whether we're intelligent and thoughtful about how we approach globalization, or whether we're blindly accepting... or blindly resistant.
In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
Globalization is a fact of economic life.
People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
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.
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.