On Balance: Globalization has a positive effect.

Hello and thank you for this intriguing debate. Well "Big Mac" you certainly made very convincing arguments I hope I can keep up. question: wouldn't the "lowly boy be at a disadvantage in India wouldn't he be prone to leprosy and malaria wouldn't he be be unable to compete with rich folks who have money the boy might have great ideas but how is he even going to communicate with people and share them and how is he going to make money? how is he going to go to a university if he has no money, he has no home because in India lowly means the lowest of the low he is prone to disease because a corporate company hired him to cut down trees and he will die when a tree falls on top of him or by the food he eats because corporate company's made farmers by their hybrid plants that can only survive with their hybrid pesticide which unfortunately the farmer has no money because they plants cost him to much now he doesn't pesticides so he sells his crops and the lowly boy buys some of his crops which eventually leads to his demise. R1- What my opponent didn't tell you about globalization is that farmers are killing themselves in (India) that Europeans are losing jobs and that is posing a problem for them since the companies are outsourcing work to the Asian countries since the cost of labor is low and profits the company considerably. There is immense pressure on the employed Europeans who are always under the threat of the business being outsourced. Corporates are building up units in other countries equally well equipped as they have done at their own country, thus transferring the quality to other countries. There are some experts who think that globalization; along with the positive aspects is also leading to the incursion of negatives like communicable diseases and social degeneration. There is also a threat of corporates ruling the world because there is a lot of power, which is invested in them due to globalization. For nations that are at the receivers end are also giving up the reins in the ends of a foreign company which might again lead to a sophisticated form of colonization. Friedman was selling a dream a classic American dream when he wrote his book, he came across as be what you want to be and in the process endorsing globalization, but quite frankly the world isn't a fair place it's quite cruel. R2-we also know that jobs are being lost to global competition. We know that the global environment is being threatened on a number of fronts, from global warming and the deterioration of the ozone layer to the extermination of species and the poisoning of the world's water supply. We see refugees and immigrants by the millions roaming the planet, in search of jobs and protection from armed conflict. We also know that inequality is getting worse: fewer and fewer large corporations own more of the world's productive resources while millions of people are unable to sustain their families. Many of us have a gut feeling that the global economy has gone awry. We would do well to trust our feelings. This booklet addresses this crucial issue: how the globalization of the economy undermines the quality of life in the United States. The decline in our standard of living can be seen in numerous areas: As U.S. corporations have expanded their global reach they are better able to put the U.S. workforce in direct competition with foreign workers, thus increasing their profits while driving down our wages and general standard of living. Global corporations are better able to use technology to downsize their workforces, thus creating anxiety among working people who no longer feel secure about the future of their jobs. As global corporations become less dependent on any particular nation, they have less interest in supporting any government with taxes. This results in a shrinking tax base and what is referred to as a "fiscal crisis of the state" (the tendency for government expenses to outrace revenues). By using the rationale of "global competition" to drive down the living standards of the majority, the corporate class has shifted more and more wealth from our pockets to theirs. This growing inequality is producing resentment and rebellion-here and abroad. R3- "It is true that Europeans are losing jobs and that is posing a problem for them since the companies are outsourcing work to the Asian countries since the cost of labor is low and profits the company considerably. There is immense pressure on the employed Europeans who are always under the threat of the business being outsourced. Corporates are building up units in other countries equally well equipped as they have done at their own country, thus transferring the quality to other countries. There are some experts who think that globalization; along with the positive aspects is also leading to the incursion of negatives like communicable diseases and social degeneration. There is also a threat of corporates ruling the world because there is a lot of power, which is invested in them due to globalization. For nations that are at the receiver's end are also giving up the reins in the ends of a foreign company which might again lead to a sophisticated form of colonization. Globalization also is responsible for global warming"--- pro and cons http://www.commondreams.org... globalization and its discontents* http://muse.jhu.edu... http://www.commondreams.org... http://www.globalresearch.ca... http://www.questia.com... http://www.globalenvision.org... http://www.ourfood.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.articlesbase.com...