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In Defense of Globalization
Sumit Singla P08056
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Hard-core protestors -Deep seated antipathy-Different ideological and intellectual directions-Anti-capitalist, anti-corporation, anti-globalization- MNCs – the B-52s of capitalism
Critics – mainstream dissent and discourse -Social ills – poverty and environmental costs-Critiquing international institutions -Guerilla tactics to gain worldwide attention
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What Critics SayHypocrisy…
double standards… unfair
trade!
Protectionists is what these rich countries are!
Average industrial protection higher in poor countriesExtensive agricultural subsidies
The facts:
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Aspects of Globalization
•Globalization wrongly blamed for East Asian financial crisis of the 1990s•Free trade being incorrectly associated with free direct investment, free capital flows, free immigration!
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The North-South Divide
• Incorrect assumption – the disillusionment with globalization is worldwide
• Poor countries of the south view globalization as a positive
•Role reversal from the1950s/1960s when the belief was that poor countries would be subject to dependencia
•Fears of ‘neo-colonialism’
Irony: Cardoso, the originator of dependencia became President of Brazil and helped in globalization of the country
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Differences from yesterday
The first ‘multinational’ – The East India company
Constructing railroads across the world
Extraction of minerals worldwide
Free flow of capital
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Advancements in communication technology
Insecurities – increased competition
Interdependence leading to loss of competencies
Need to allay fears and analyze phenomena more closely
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A Trilogy of Discontent
Anti-Capitalism
Anti-Globalization
Anti-Corporation
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Anti-Capitalism
Disenchanted traditionalists engaging in anti-Davos protests
Beguiling alternative of Soviet modelDerrida’s ‘deconstructionism’ and Foucault’s profundity
Influence of post-colonial theorists, post-modernists and Marxists
Inversion of David Hume’s concentric circles of reducing empathy
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Anti-Globalization
Disenchanted traditionalists engaging in anti-Davos protests
Beguiling alternative of Soviet modelDerrida’s ‘deconstructionism’ and Foucault’s profundity
Influence of post-colonial theorists, post-modernists and Marxists
Inversion of David Hume’s concentric circles of reducing empathy
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Anti-Corporation
Irrational view of ‘Race to the bottom’
Medieval approach of hostility to profits and corporations
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Other sources of anti-globalizationThe Right
Right wing attitudes of xenophobia and national identity
Extremists like BJP pitching for self-reliance and sovereignty
Anti-immigration rhetoric – environmental costs
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Other sources of anti-globalizationCommunitarianism
‘Immoral’ to buy the right to pollute – carbon credits
Marx’s commodification process – increased commercialization
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Other sources of anti-globalizationAnti-Americanism
America’s military and economic hegemony
Intention of throwing ‘sand into the gears of globalization’
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America’s military and economic hegemony
Intention of throwing ‘sand into the gears of globalization’