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Pro And Cons Of Globalization

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Within the last few decades technology has been progressing at an extremely rapid rate resulting in globalization becoming far more relevant in our lives. Whether or not globalization is a beneficial thing for the world has become a frequently discussed topic in the world today. Globalization is the increasingly closer integration of countries and peoples of the world brought about by the enormous reduction of transportation and communication costs and the breakdown of barriers to the flow of goods, services, capital, and knowledge (Ehrenfeld). Communication costs specifically have gone down significantly in the recent years making the topic more prominent in daily discussions. There are many critics of globalization who view it as an evil in our society, but despite the drawbacks that come with it there are benefits that heavily outweigh them. Globalization has been seen as an issue, because it has resulted in the outsourcing of many jobs in developed countries. Although it has resulted in many jobs being outsourced, countries that are still developing now have opportunities for new jobs (Josephson). New job opportunities in developing countries allows for higher standards of living, more competition between workers which boosts productivity, and helps people get out of poverty. From a universal perspective it is a wiser decision to provide jobs to the countries that need them far more than already developed countries as the jobs being outsourced are manufacturing jobs. There are many people who cannot support themselves or their families, because they have do not have a job or any income, because they live in undeveloped countries. In a globalized world jobs are outsourced to undeveloped countries which allows those who are less fortunate to get a job, and provide for their family.
Globalization progresses when new innovations such as the internet and the television are introduced. These innovations allow for the communication of ideas throughout the world so better ideas can get to more people in a shorter amount of time. During the ancient period when globalization was not possible good ideas that flourished in certain parts of the globe did not spread to the rest of the world. If the aspect of

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