Globalization

How did it start Why is it important and why should you care? At first glance, globalization doesn't seem to affect alot of things or you may not notice that you are in fact causing globalization. But upon closer examination you are. Everyone now has an iPod, PDA, or mobile phone. These devices allow us to communicate more conveninently. In Fact in Friedman's book, mobile technology is one of the reasons why the world is going flat. The mobile phone and other devices that allowed people to communicate were what he called "The Steroids". These things actually helped speed up Globalization.

What is Globalization? We all have cellular phones and use it for various everyday tasks, such as calling and texting, sending photos etc. However what kind of major impact did this invention really have on globalization? To understand this, you have to understand what globalization is. Globaliztion is the process in which a location such as a country or a city becomes a hub for international trade. With involvment of international trade comes international influences. This causes the location to become a hub to the rest of the world, the influx of worldly culutures and busineses expand the location and therefore "globalize" it. Whether or not globaliztion is good or not is debatable and depends on the arguement. Globalization may involve industrialization, like china. In this case it causes alot of other unwanted effects such as pollution. Globaliztion may also exploit local workers in the form of big companies opening up sweat shops and charging workers [|unreasonable wages]. Other unwanted effects of globalization may be a decrease in local industries because jobs would have to be outsourced to other coutries meaning local workers would lose their jobs. This in turn can cause alot of social effects. Workers who lost their jobs to foreigners may have a stigma or a degree of racism agianst visable minorites in return. Overall globalization has it's trade offs and it's gains. Depending on who you are, the worker or consumer you may know different sides of globalization.