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WHAT IS GOING WRONG WITH AMERICA? GLOBALIZATION – WHAT IS IT?
GLOBALIZATION THROUGH CONSTANT CHANGE, THE BLENDING TOGETHER OF ECONOMIES, PEOPLE, LAWS, POLITICS, MONIES AND SOCIAL ETHICS INTO ONE. THE CONVERGENCE OR HARMONIZATION, IE. HOMOGENIZATIONOF THE WORLD FROM….
STEPS TO AN INTEGRATED WORLD ECONOMIC 1944-1975 (65) POLITICAL 1945 TRADE 1994 FINANCIAL 1913, 1930 1980, 1998,1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 LEGAL 1998, 2001
ECONOMIC • ECONOMIC 1944 • INT’L MONETARY FUND • WORLD BANK
STEPS TO AN INTEGRATED WORLD POLITICAL 1945 TRADE 1994 FINANCIAL 1980, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 LEGAL 1998, 2001
POLITICAL • UNITED NATIONS 1945 • GAVE POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY TO AN INTERNATIONAL BODY • ONE VOTE = SECURITY COUNCIL = CUBA OR LICHTENSTEIN • SEND AMBASSADOR TO REPR. U.S. , MAKE INTERNATIONAL LAW
THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS “WORLD PARLIAMENT” HOUSES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATION-STATES
STEPS TO INTEGRATED WORLD TRADE 1994 FINANCIAL 1980, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 LEGAL 1998, 2001
TRADE 1994 • 1994 = GATT = WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION • IN 1944 CONGRESS REFUSED TO RATIFY A GLOBAL TRADE ORGANIZATION • 27,000 PAGES PASSED BY A LAME DUCK CONGRESS IN 1994 • TORE DOWN ALLTRADE BARRIERS BETWEEN COUNTRIES
WTO • GLOBAL STRUCTURE W/COURT • POWER TO FINE COUNTRIES • FIRST TIME SINCE ROME, US BUSINESSMAN COMPETES WITH THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES DIRECTLY-NO WALLS, ALL EQUAL
TRADE 1994 REGIONAL GOV’T
REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS THE AMERICAS EMU ASIA MIDDLE EAST SOUTH AFRICA
STEPS TO INTEGRATED WORLD FINANCIAL 1980, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 LEGAL 1998, 2001
LEGAL 1998, 2001, 2003 (2004) • 1998 – INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT • FIRST TIME IN HISTORY INT’L LEGAL BODY HAS RIGHT TO TRANSCEND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY • SET UP COURT TO TRY INDIVIDUALS • 2001 – ATTACK ON AMERICA: • INTEGRATION OF FIRE, POLICE, RESCUE • COUNTRIES COOPERATE TO FIND MONEY-TERRORISTS, IRAQ • PATRIOT I & II • INTERPOL • MI6
STEPS TO INTEGRATED WORLD FINANCIAL: 1913-1930, 1980, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
FINANCIAL FINANCIAL – MONETARY SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE 1913 – FED. RESERVE ACT 1930 – BANK FOR INT’L SETTLEMENTS-BIS 1971 – NIXON – OFF GOLD 1975 – GROUP OF 5 (EIGHT) FORMED 1980 – BANKING DE-REGULATION ACT 1998 – GROUP OF 7 FINANCE MINISTERS & CENTRAL BANK MINISTERS START MEETING 1999 – REPEAL OF GLASS-STEAGALL PASSAGE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT 2001 – SARBANES-OXLEY 2001, 2003 – BUSH TAX LAW – REWRITE ENTIRE BANKING CODE
STEPS TO INTEGRATED WORLD WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE BORDERS---- IT IS EASY TO CONTROL THE WORLD
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