Globalization

 Your Shoes Designed in the US, Europe, or JapanDesigned in the US, Europe, or Japan Assembled in AsiaAssembled in Asia Use raw materials for the UPPER (the top part)Use raw materials for the UPPER (the top part)  Leather from Venezuela or Texas  Nylon from South Korea Use raw materials for the SOLEUse raw materials for the SOLE  Rubber from Brazil  Synthetic rubber from Taiwan

Your Job  Trace the outline of your shoe on the paper provided and do the following: 1.Write the CITY where you BOUGHT the shoe along the left edge. 2.Write the CITY or COUNTRY where the company has its headquarters (ex. PUMA is based in Germany) along the right edge 3.Write the COUNTRY it was manufactured in the middle

GLOBALIZATION  The development of a global society People, money, information, and goods flow freely across national borders.People, money, information, and goods flow freely across national borders. Really gets going under Regan in the 1980’sReally gets going under Regan in the 1980’s

How did it start? 1. Advances in transportation and communication The InternetThe Internet Air travelAir travel 2. Regional Free Trade Agreements Low/no tariffs to ship goods between countriesLow/no tariffs to ship goods between countries  North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), The European Union, etc.

3. Rise of Multinational Corporations Challenge state authority and autonomyChallenge state authority and autonomy  Coke  Sony  McDonalds List two possible ways this might happen in your notebook.List two possible ways this might happen in your notebook.

Why Trade Globally?  Benefits of Trade: Greater potential for economic growthGreater potential for economic growth Increase economies of scaleIncrease economies of scale Greater employment opportunitiesGreater employment opportunities Trade has led to massive increases in wealth for many countries. Copyright: budgetstock, stock.xchng

 Disadvantages of trade: Increase in gap between rich and poorIncrease in gap between rich and poor Dominance of global trade by rich, northern hemisphere countriesDominance of global trade by rich, northern hemisphere countries Lack of opportunities for the poor to access marketsLack of opportunities for the poor to access markets Exploitation of workersExploitation of workers

 In places with increased levels of poverty some disease persist TuberculosisTuberculosis

More POV Practice   From the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, 2004 A taxi driver in Chile quit because he couldn't make enough money. He got a job at a chicken-processing plant in a small town owned by Chileans. The plant processes chickens for sale in Chile and for export to other Latin American countries as well as to Europe and Asia. "His job is to stand in a freezing room and crack open chickens as they come down an assembly line at the rate of 41 chickens per minute," writes Tina Rosenberg in New York Times Magazine, 8/18/02. "His work uniform does not protect him from the cold, the man said, and after a few minutes of work he loses feeling in his hands. Some of his colleagues, he said, are no longer able to raise their arms. If he misses a day he is docked $30. He earns less than $200 a month. Globalization has offered this man a hellish job, but it is a choice he did not have before, and he took it. I don't name him because he is afraid of being fired. When the chicken company is hiring, the lines go around the block."