I read John Raulston Saul's book, The Collapse of Globalism. It states that Globalism is dead, and of course he means economic Globalism, it died in the mid 1990s. I bet most of you didn't know that. I didn't. I thought economic globalization was alive and well. Since its all about the money. Globalization as JR Saul means and most people understand it, is privatization, deregulation and unfettered open markets.
On page 34 the text states regarding Globalization:
"In early 2004 the editor of Newsweek, Fareed Zakari, wrote, 'For almost every country today, its primary struggle centres on globalization issues -- growth, poverty eradication, disease prevention, education, urbanization the preservation of identity.' He is right. Except most of these are not in any direct way Globalization issues. They are international, regional and nation-state issues."
Global issues today are whatever anyone says they are. Some keep close to the original economic doctrine as possible and others want to expand the meaning of the word to include other issues. AIDS in Africa doesn't affect me, sorry.
People today who use the word global-ism-izer-ization are generally talking trash. No one can use the word intelligently in a sentence. There are no jokes about it.
On page 34 the text states regarding Globalization:
"In early 2004 the editor of Newsweek, Fareed Zakari, wrote, 'For almost every country today, its primary struggle centres on globalization issues -- growth, poverty eradication, disease prevention, education, urbanization the preservation of identity.' He is right. Except most of these are not in any direct way Globalization issues. They are international, regional and nation-state issues."
Global issues today are whatever anyone says they are. Some keep close to the original economic doctrine as possible and others want to expand the meaning of the word to include other issues. AIDS in Africa doesn't affect me, sorry.
People today who use the word global-ism-izer-ization are generally talking trash. No one can use the word intelligently in a sentence. There are no jokes about it.