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Good Or Bad For The World

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Michael Weintraub
Comparative Government Pol 240
Professor Repic
10/26/16

Globalization- Good or Bad for the World?

In the early 16th century, the Western hemisphere had finally been recognized and integrated with Europe and the Eastern World. After being colonized and established, the Americas started to trade with and interact with the rest of the world via ships. This is an example of worldwide unification, alliance that has been happening for thousands of years. People of different races, ethnicity 's, religions, nations, continents, etc have been coming together in a worldwide melting pot for a very long time. Today, this process has been expedited through the effects of globalization. Globalization is a process of integration between different people, businesses, nations, governments, etc primarily driven by international trade, investments, and information technology. Products, ideas, culture, and many other aspects are now freely available to most of the world population. Proponents of globalization argue that it is a blessing to the world and a product of worldwide capitalism/ trade that makes everyone benefit in some way. Others say globalization is an evil process controlled by elitists who take advantage of the middle class in 1st world nations and the poorest of the poor in 3rd world nations. They think people would be better off isolated rather than export jobs/labour to cheaper options. It is my opinion that globalization is a fantastic system in which

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