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Explore the impact of economic globalization on individuals, from transforming us into producers and consumers to shaping our worldview and lifestyles. Is globalization an opportunity or exploitation? This review examines evidence such as per capita calorie intake, life expectancy, child mortality, safe drinking water, GDP growth, earnings ratios, income inequality, and resistance movements in core countries.
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Review: Economic Globalization at the Personal Level Economic globalization transforms all of us into producers and consumers…all of us into owners and sellers These processes in turn transform the way we look at and experience the world…the way we live
Opportunity or Exploitation? • Does global capitalism lift all boats? • Or does it immiserate the poor at the expense of the rich? • Both sides can be justified theoretically • Both sides have many proponents
Evidence: Per Capita Calorie Intake for Main World Regions (FAO)
Evidence: Child Mortality (Boschi-Pinto, Lanata, Mendoza, and Habte)
Evidence: External Debt as % of GDP (sources: Ecosecretariat, CIA Factbook)
Resistance • Labor activists in the core countries • Wages • Health and safety standards • Environmentalists in the core countries • Environmental standards