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The Pros And Cons Of Globalization

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Globalisation is a process by which national economies become more integrated and interdependent with one another. It is the increasing expansion of money, culture and ideas. It is the interaction and integration among the people, companies and governments of different nations. It is shaping the world around us in ways and at a rate that was unimaginable just two decades ago. Advances in transport such as the steamship, jet engine, and container ships and in communication infrastructure including the Internet and mobile phones have been major factors in globalisation, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. Globalisation is in our everyday lives. The clothes we wear and food we eat have all been transported within days or weeks to our homes our towns. Also, most products have been advertised using our modern technology such as the internet and modern printing presses.

‘We are now living in a shrinking world where space and distance are becoming less relevant’. This is a statement I will be focusing on. It is a metaphor as the world is not literally shrinking. This suggests that globalisation has advanced so much that it feels like the world has shrunk because it only takes minutes or seconds to communicate and only a few days to receive goods. The communication and transport have become so advanced that we can communicate to people on the other side of the world in just seconds. The transport has advanced so that it has become faster and

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