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Globalization, Global Inequality, and Culture

Globalization, Global Inequality, and Culture. Review. A tour of globalization And its impact on the United States…. Incomes in the U.S. become more unequal……. 23x higher. 20x higher. 7x higher. While globalization intensifies….. . Ratio of imports+exports to GDP.

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Globalization, Global Inequality, and Culture

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  1. Globalization, Global Inequality, and Culture

  2. Review • A tour of globalization • And its impact on the United States….

  3. Incomes in the U.S. become more unequal…… 23x higher 20x higher 7x higher

  4. While globalization intensifies….. Ratio of imports+exports to GDP

  5. And global inequality grows…. Poorest 20% Nest poorest 20% Middle 20% Next Richest 20% Richest 20% 1990 7.25 11.42 15.8 22.01 43.52 2000 6.57 10.62 15.03 21.47 46.31 • Source IMF: WEO 2007

  6. If wages are rising in the South….

  7. While they decline in the North…..

  8. Why is inequality between North and South increasing? 43.% 46.3% 7.2% 6.6% Countries 1990 2000

  9. …and in the South? • Will liberalization continue? • Will the gap between rich and poor widen?

  10. Liberal View of Globalization and inequality • Tariff reductions trade rising wages for low-skilled workers in the South + wage reduction for skilled workers in the North  reduction in global inequality • Emigration and immigration can also narrow the gap… (Jeffrey Willionson reading) between rich and poor countries. • Not verified in empirical studies

  11. The IMF’s perspective • Tecnology • Education • Flexible labor markets • The IMF prescription: A golden straightjacket?

  12. A Dependency Theory perspective

  13. What can be done?

  14. What Developed country governments can do…. • Cancel Debt • Maintain markets for goods from the South while allowing them to erect tariff walls to their own goods…. • A regulatory framework for MNCs • Corporate social responsibility

  15. NGO’s Using the tools of globalization to reduce inequality • Critique of IMF and World Bank • The creation of a global civil society is necessary to reduce inequality

  16. Globalization and Cultural Conflict

  17. Outline • What does economic globalization do to global politics?. A.The optimistic liberal argument B. The pessimistic liberal argument II. What does globalization mean for domestic politics? A. The Breakdown of Interest-based politics and the rise of Identity Politics B . Identity politics vs. Interest politics C. Identity Politics and the Future of Democracy. D. Why do you need a politics of interest for democracy? IV. Three reasons

  18. Two important points in the liberal argument….. • There is no viable alternative for a development model. • Technical progress accelerates globalisation and democratisation as it enhances communication and empowers the individual.

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