Many are never sure if their days of huge wealth are numbered. Nor does it follow that when someone wins, someone loses. To begin with, globaliza tion is not something that was forced on us. We consumers and investors around the world are the ones who created it. To meet our insatiable demands, companies and organizations are moving people, products, money and information on a global scale to seek the best results and to bolster profit to the maximum.
Globalization is the product of that process.
According to Zedillo, freedom is about having sufficient nutrition, education, training and health care, along with security and basic human and political rights. Countries must have the elemen tary infrastructure in place and the offer of employment to keep people free. There is no question that poverty is at the root of conflicts around the world. Stamping out poverty is undeniably an overriding priority for world leaders. However, the poorest countries are also the most closed in terms of not recognizing freedom.