147 Quotes About Globalization

Some days he walked along the banks of the river that smelled of shit and pesticides bought with World Bank loans.

...decisions were often made because of ideology and politics. As a result many wrong-headed actions were taken, ones that did not solve the problem at hand but that fit with the interests or beliefs of the people in power.

At the end of the day, we supported globalization because we wanted to be able to buy cheaper computers, cheaper vehicles, cheaper clothes and cheaper furniture. Wal-Mart parking lots were jammed with North American workers buying bargain-basement-priced goods made in China even if in the process they were shopping themselves right out of their own jobs.

To say now that the negative results of globalization are simply Destiny is to say that a whole new round of social divisions and violence is also our Destiny. In other words, the collapsing job market, slipping standards of living, the loss of fair regulations, the evaporation of big business tax revenues and the weakening of social programs are inevitable and so we must begin the endless, sterile battles of social division all over again.(IV - From Managers and Speculators to Growth)

One even speaks of ‘‘globalization’’ of it, in every field of human activities, where ‘‘fashion’’ or entertainment have very little to do

We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees

We had much freer trade in the 19th century. We have much less globalization now than we did then.

Consumption has massively benefited from globalization.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.