Throughout the chapter I read from Jared Diamond's book, “The World as Polder: What Does It Mean to Us Today”, he describes the ways that our advanced society is different from the past societies. Societies such as the Mayans or the Easter Islanders had difficulties surviving and ultimately went extinct because of their downfalls. These societies, like many others, had to deal with climate changes, over harvesting, or building cities in dry areas. They weren't able to see their mistakes and it ultimately led to their societies collapse.
This Changes Everything is a documentary that was released in 2015 as a companion project to Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate. Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist and filmmaker, widely known for her criticism of globalization and capitalism. The documentary explores the premise of environmental destruction from groups and companies partaking in globalization and capitalism. Klein makes the argument that corporations will mercilessly exploit resources, regardless of emotional and social impact.
Point of view is a literary convention that establishes the narrator’s relationship to the story. The Bedford Glossary of Literary Terms defines point of view as the vantage point from which the story is told (Bedford Glossary). Writing provides a lens through which the audience can look at life. By establishing an appropriate point of view, the author allows the reader to feel what is occurring; thus, creating meaning through what he/she writes. Skillful authors know which point of view is appropriate for the feelings and beliefs they are attempting to relay.
Do you ever wonder find yourself wondering how we lived in a world without the internet, smartphones, and televisions? This new world of technology that we live in today is do to the globalization “super story”, which enables us to put things in ways we, individually, can comprehend. Thomas Friedman, an American journalist and three time Pulitzer Prize winner, suggest in his article “Globalization: The Super Story”, that the world has shifted from the international Cold War system to the new international system of Globalization. In other words, the world has adapted to a system of integration rather than divide. Overall, I perceived the article to be terrifying convincing, yet, upon further review I discovered to issues and lack of empathy from Friedman 's point of view.
In the article, “Created Equal” by Milton and Rose Friedman, the authors argue that equality of outcome puts the people’s liberty in jeopardy. In this article the Friedmans discuss equality of outcome and how it forces people who have certain benefits in their society but are forced to end up in the same place as everyone else, regardless of hard work or ability. To the Friedmans this is a clear contradiction of liberty and should not be allowed to become a reality. The Friedmans believe that equality and liberty are the two concepts that every individual should try to achieve in a society.
Contain and Amplify: Review In Thomas L. Friedman’s article, “Contain and Amplify” he discusses the topic of terrorism and chaos in the Middle East. Friedman opens by stating the call to action, which states that there has not been peace established in Middle Eastern countries, such as Syria and Libya. Friedman then states his thesis. Thomas writes, “ But after we removed the fists in Iraq and Libya, without putting a new bottom-up order in place, and the people themselves tried to remove the fists in Syria and Yemen, without putting a new live-and-let-live order in place, a horrifying wall of all against all has exploded” (Friedman 1).
Milton Friedman revolutionized free market thinking. He believed in a free market as the best solution for the stability of an economy. Basing his theories on Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”, Friedman further developed Smith’s theory. In short, Friedman’s Neoliberalism can be described through one of his quotes on the social responsibility of business, “There is one and only one social responsibility of business — to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits, so long as it stays within the rules of the game” (Cooney, 2012). Friedman’s belief of the market’s perfection is based on the assumption that no actor would agree to a transaction if they did not find it fitting for themselves (Friedman, 1975).
Both Milton Friedman 's essay and Reagan’s political work focus on how to achieve a successful system based on the responsibilities of the individuals. Milton’s essay emphasized the role of creating a successful business is to uses “resources and engage in activities that are designed to increase profit so long as it stays within the rules of the game” (Friedman, pg 6). Reagan’s “Farewell Address” engaged in the idea that it is the responsibilities of the citizens to work together to make the nation stay free and strong for future generations to come. “We must keep up our guard, but we must also continue to work together to lessen and eliminate tension and mistrust” (Reagan, p 411) while enforcing the necessary actions to finish the job of
In Thomas L. Friedman’s article, “Cold War Without the Fun”, Friedman describes how the United States, Russia, and China are undergoing problems similar to those in the Cold War. Friedman begins his article with a call to action by listing a few concerning events regarding the three countries. These current events are followed by Friedman’s thesis, which states, “Did someone restart the Cold War while I was looking the other way” (Friedman 1). Thomas’ thesis, as well as the succeeding two paragraphs, contain a comedic tone. Friedman jokes that the “New Cold War” is not as riveting as the last one due to its lack of spies, and even compares its dullness to that of WWE wrestling.
SGQ 1: Globalization George Martiniano San Francisco State University The main focus of discussion will be on Globalization. Globalization is currently changing the way international business is transforming. Globalization, specifically the globalization market, refers to the gradual integration and growing interdependence of national economies (Nicholson, 2014). Globalization makes it possible for firms to view the world as one big marketplace, which includes buyers, producers, suppliers, from all over the world.
3. Globalization Throughout the last decades, globalization became a real phenomenon, but history tells us that it is actually not a new social, historical phenomena, but has, under different names and manifestations, been with us for a long time. It is actually not only the continuation of the liberalization of international trade, which began in the mid-19th century with the launch of cross-border trade over long distances and later with intensive large-scale mobility of labor and capital. During capitalism, globalization has amplified due to the lust for profit, which is driven by capitalists across the globe. Indeed, globalization has significantly strengthened ever since.
Cultural globalization is often understood as the spatial diffusion of global products. At a deeper level, cultural globalization may be seen as the contested process of internationalization of values, attitudes and beliefs. The spread of cultural practices and symbols makes the world more the same, but at the same time triggers resistance. Hence, cultural globalization while uniting the world is also seen to strengthen local cultures and is a major force behind the creation of identities. Such homogenization or differentiation can be noticed in the change of cultural practices and consumption patterns over time and space.
But some scholars also claim that “Globalization” is a new trend which technically emerged only in modern times or during the 20th century. However, the fact is that “Globalization” took place as a process of mobilization of human capital, travel, cultural exchange, free trade and modernization. Over the years the trend of globalization has seen some basic changes, which is the topic of this essay. This essay is about the difference between the trend of globalization in 20th century and 21st century. The trend of globalization in 20th century and 21st century differs in the following way:
The biggest companies are now not only national firms but are replaced by multinational corporations with subsidiaries in many countries. Its outcomes in our lives, being intertwined with people in all parts of the world via the food, the dress code, the music, the information we get and the ideas we hold. The main classification of globalisation are Economic Globalisation, Political Globalisation, Social Globalisation. While other types of globalisation include: Environmental Globalisation, Financial Globalisation, Cultural globalisation, Military Globalisation, Technological Globalisation and Ecological Globalisation.
Then I will state the links between globalization and some of the other lectures that we have covered this year, I chose this lecture because it’s one of the most important parts of any business environment worldwide, globalization has also introduced many developments such as internationalization, liberalization etc. Topic Discussion: Globalization has opened the doors between all businesses and countries worldwide, it has created connections without boundaries and a global exchange of information, cultures etc. It has widely increased the flow of money exchange and foreign investments in countries, and created an involvement between different people in many political, social and economical activities. Changing world politics, technological
