f ron


Korten (2001)

Globalization isn't Working:


1. Economic Growth &
Global Trade have created
vast wealth for a few


2. But Globalization doesn't solve vital global problems.


3. Increasing poverty and
unemployment



4. Increasing environmental destruction



5. Increasing social instability caused by poverty & environmental destruction.

6. Globalization is making these problems worse.

 



7. Local control, not global free trade and free-market capitalism, will allow people to democratically choose their own future. Korten focuses on local political solutions.



Friedman (1999)

Globalization is Working:


1. Technology & Communication ties the world together


2. Globalization is a new International System


3. The driving force behind globalization is free-market
capitalism


4. Globalization integrates societies, economies, &
cultures


5. Globalization is built around the integration of Nationstates, Supermarkets, and Super-empowered Individuals.

6. By creating wealth & opportunity, globalization is working to create a
better future. It will end
poverty and the environmental crisis.

7. Global Economy, free trade, and free-market capitalism will solve all these problems. Friedman focuses on global economic solutions.

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