My Summer At An Indian Call Center By Andrew Marantz

Globalization has been a main culprit of wealth inequality in the United States for many years. Many economists believe that globalization was meant to do the exact opposite of what it is. In theory, globalization should makes goods more easily accessible and stable out our governments, but why isn’t it? After doing some research on the topic I have concluded this. Standards of living in countries, most notably poor countries, should have been raised by globalization, but only certain countries are able to reap the rewards while others suffer. It is fact that there is a positive correlation between inequality in incomes and the production outsourcing processes. The outsourcing causes inequality between skilled workers and the others that are

Institutional structures have the power to configure adolescent growth through repression and liberation. The capability that adolescents have to create their own destiny and choose their own social institution can be limited, but not impossible. In Trites article, “Do I dare disturb the universe?” the author argues that kids have personal power, whether they acknowledge it and use it to their own advantage or not. Michel Foucault declares that “Power is everywhere; not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere” (Trites). Power is inevitable, there will never be no such thing as power in this world; it will never diminish or fade. Trites also conveyed that, “power not only acts on a subject but, in a transitive

The world is not a large and strange place anymore. The world is a place that is interconnected and intertwined. The world has become from a place that each country and their peoples are separate and isolated to a place that each country and their peoples are part of a global network. Thanks to globalization this is occurring. Globalization is the ‘international integration” or ‘de-bordering’ – “a number of highly disparate observations whose regular common denominator is the determination of a profound transformation of the traditional nation-state” (Von Bogdandy 2). Globalization is connecting different people from different cultures and backgrounds together. More and more corporations are entering new foreign markets to sell their

Never in Earth's long standing have people so greatly profited from the economic freedom that globalization provides. While not everyone in the world has gained, or gained equally from the consummation of globalization, it is still very easy to argue that never have so many people, from so many places around the world lived in such prosperous conjunction. It is this reason that globalization is the tsunami to our ocean, flooding and taking over our whole world, while also benefiting us all.

Although these new technology, more like companies, enter a new land looking for cheaper work force, it stills gives the country a huge boost in the demand for low level skilled workers. In the article “In what way has globalization affected unemployment?” Marsida T. Najdeni said that “What used to be done by low skilled workers in the U.S., it is probably getting done in sweatshops across Asia. Nonetheless, these sweat shops are all these Asian workers from the other side of the world have to survive. The famous Cambodian sweatshops to us might be unimaginable, but to the people living there is the only way of making their daily bread.” meaning that the gain of these countries mean losses to some already developed countries, like the US for

The famous cheerleader for globalization and author, Thomas Friedman, in his book The World is Flat argues that globalization is proceeding briskly because of the “flattening of the world”. What he means is that with the advent of information technology and seamless communications, any country in the world that has a pool of educated workers can aspire to jump on to the globalization bandwagon and benefit from the erasing of entry barriers. The point here is that countries like India have successfully leveraged the power of IT and communications to leapfrog the intermediate stage of manufacturing power that is required for economies to become fully fledged powerhouses.

The thing about globalization systems is that they have a way of affecting every country, every business, and every person. Author of Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, Thomas L. Friedman states that, “The world has become an increasingly interwoven place, and today, whether you’re a company or a country, your threats and opportunities increasingly derive from who you are connected to.” In a country where the economic status can only go up, it’s great to have globalization as your backup, but what about the countries that lack resources to be able to provide for their economy fast enough? For some reason it’s deemed okay that third world country workers are being paid less than the United States’ minimum wage, and because low payment

There are over 168 million kids stuck in child labor. Around half of them are exposed to hazardous work environments. Kids who work on banana farms are exposed to toxic fungicides sprayed from airplanes. Kids who work in the tobacco field are at risk of tobacco poisoning, they absorb 54 milligrams of nicotine daily which is equivalent to 50 cigarettes. Child Labor is one of the many cons to globalization.

Globalization is an attempt at bettering the world economy through unity and assistance, though we tend forget this unity is between that of the rich, and a majority of the assistance they provide it to themselves. Globalization originated in America but since its creation has slowly been hurting the economy through the lack of regulation concerning the acts of corporations. Corporations tend to send jobs overseas for cheaper labor cost which offers no actual benefit to the American people, ultimately resulting in increased unemployment rates and sought after government assistance programs. On the other hand, foreign countries benefit greatly by being provided contracts, private investors, and American dollars. In 1998 an American sneaker manufacture known as Nike sent their entire operation overseas. The recipient being China, were able to provide over 600 million of its inhabitants a means of rising out of poverty. The effects were

Supporters of globalization argue that it has the potential to make this world a better place to live in and solve some of the deep-seated problems like unemployment and poverty. But the opponents general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. “It is wonderful for managers, owners and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”

This subsequently should increase the demand of labour thus an increase in income distribution in developing countries. A large group of authors writing on the topic expect economic gains from globalization both for enterprises and workers, but alert to several side effects that increase insecurity for workers.11 First, structural changes in the economy in line with competitive advantage cause decline in some economic sectors and growth in others, forcing workers to survive a period of unemployment while looking for new jobs and possibly acquire new skills. Second, fluctuations in the price of products in the international economy can translate into variations of employment levels, which will cause job insecurity. Finally, short-term capital flows can have a major influence on countries’ exchange rates that in turn can endanger the competitiveness of the real economy and cause job in security. Moreover foreign investors may potentially be more prone to move on to other countries than domestic investors. Again, this would lead to more job in security. On a more optimistic note, clients’ vigilance worldwide may contribute to better compliance with basic labor standards to the extent that Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) campaigns and negative press reports make bad publicity. Also, international trade can lower domestic prices for certain goods, which benefits workers given that they are consumers as well, to

Globalization can be seen as a major threat for manufacturing jobs in the developed world, however, can also be a benefit for developing world citizens who receive thousands of jobs a year although they don’t receive a high salary. Maurice Allais, a French economist states that this unemployment, of course, has only been able to develop because of the existence of low salaries and insufficient flexibility in the labor market (April 10th, 1999). This indicates that globalization has jeopardized Western countries jobs because companies are moving their establishments to developing countries where they don’t need to pay employees as much and where land is cheaper so overall businesses benefit from this. Also, employees in the developed world are at risk of becoming redundant as they are susceptible to face pay cuts in jobs. Employees are less skilled in the developing world as they don’t receive the benefit of an education like developed countries do. So a company may want to build factories in these countries because environmental laws aren’t as strict. Establishments in these areas provides promising jobs for the local people and allows them to learn new skills, however they are set on minimum wage which in developed world countries, this would not be enough to live on, wherein third world countries this is still a low amount so this is not enough to bring them out of poverty meaning that the only one who benefits from this is the company. Although there have been several arguments against exploitation and oppression, the majority of developing countries do not have existing laws which take minimum wage

“It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.”(Annan). Throughout humanities existence culture and valuable items have always been exchanged through trade between various groups and tribes that are located near one another, today is no different. In the modern world the exchange of those goods and cultural values have started to be traded at a much faster rate, this can be attributed to the increased role that globalization and technology has played in the development of the global economy. As a result of globalization businesses have been able to become more profitable than ever. However, many believe that even thought the economy has been able to grow at unprecedented speed globalization still posses a negative overall effect on the world as a whole. The people who tend to agree with this viewpoint often point to the undesirable effects that are taken out on the environment and also the increasing income gap between the rich and the poor. However, these people fail to see that periods of rapid trade have been happening multiple times in the last one thousand years. They also aren’t aware of the benefits that come along with using globalization to its full potential. If used properly globalization can increase the economic outlook for a country while also increasing trade, which allows capital to flow freely between businesses. Overall, globalization is worth the negative impacts because of

Economic Globalization has been sweeping across the nation since the end of WWII. Slowly but surely all the nations across the world have been impacted by Economic Globalization. India for example has been one of the countries that has been recently hit by the storm and India’s economy can be seen to still be shooting up. In my paper I will be discussing the Economic Globalization of India, the roots of the globalization to occur, the effects it had and the negative effects it had. Effects such as foreign trade, economic growth and GDP. From the mid 90’s to current times India is seeing the effects of globalization, bringing India into one of the top countries in the world in terms of GDP being ranked at 10th in the world.

First of all, even though globalization has made the wealthy richer while making the non-wealthy poorer, the globalization of the economy can influence many people positively. Through international trade, people can acquire cheaper goods and services than in the past. Because raw materials and labour are cheaper in developing countries, businesses are able to manufacture products cheaper than if they were made domestically. As a result, we as a consumer pay less for the product. Companies which produce cell phones, televisions, and other electronic devices built factories in China and Vietnam to manufacture their products. In addition to obtaining cheap goods and services, globalization can contribute to more job opportunities overseas. Increased globalization influences the labor market and creates new jobs. Then, many people can get new jobs which were not popular in the past. Since 2012, many countries have created specific jobs, such as market research analysts, Interpreter translators, and cartographers for approximately 1 million people because globalization contributes to make new jobs (Sentz, 2016). Also, it allows people to have the opportunity to acquire goods from other countries that we don’t have in own country because of world trade. Some countries do not have the ability to create certain goods domestically, such as mangoes, avocados, bananas, papayas, etc.