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Chapter 5: The Economic Globalization Puzzle: Ten Pieces “We have a tug-of-war, really, between a domestic economic and a global economy.” …Bill Gross, founder and investor PIMCO Investments
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Imperialism: British Empire
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Economic Globalization Neoliberalism State Capitalism
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National Economies
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Ten Pieces of the Economic Globalization Puzzle 1.Reduce Local and Self-Reliance 2.Economic Growth 3.Promoting Network 4.Rules 5.Free Trade 6.Privatization and Commodification 7.Corporate & State Concentration 8.Specialization 9.Squeeze Labor 10.Military Hegemony
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#1 Reduction of Local Communities and Self-Reliance
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Subsistence Agriculture: Mexico
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#2 Economic Growth
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#3 The Promoting Network 1.Consumerism and Advertising 2.The Media 3.Education
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Consumerism & Advertising
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The Media
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#4 Making the Rules The World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Location of Bretton Woods Conference
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Bretton Woods Conference
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Bretton Woods System
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World Bank Head- quarters, Washington D.C., US
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Establishment of World Bank
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World Bank Presidents
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World Bank, Large Projects
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International Monetary Fund
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Washington Consensus 1. Fiscal discipline - strict criteria for limiting budget deficits 2. Public expenditure priorities - moving them away from subsidies towards previously neglected fields with high economic returns 3. Tax reform - broadening the tax base and cutting marginal tax rates 3. Financial liberalization - interest rates market-determined 4. Exchange rates - managed for rapid growth certain exports 5. Trade liberalization 6. Increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) - by reducing barriers 7. Privatization - state enterprises should be privatized 8. Deregulation - abolition of regulations 9. Secure intellectual property rights 10. Reduced role for the state.
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Fiscal Austerity
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WTO Membership
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#5 Free Trade and World Trade Organization WTO
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World Trade Organization WTO
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Chiquita Corporation & the WTO
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Alternatives to Free Trade
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#6 Privatization & Commodi- fication
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Privatization of Coal Industry, UK
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Gazprom, in Russia
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Telemex Privatization
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Privatization of Water
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Cochabamba Water Wars
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#7 Concentration of Power: Multinational Corporations & State Enterprises
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Corporate Evasion of Taxes
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#8 Specialization
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Information Technology Specialization
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Specialization in a Potato Chip Factory
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Farming in the Midwest
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Specialization: Chicken Farming
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Specialization: Cattle
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Specialization: Supermarkets
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#9 Squeeze Labor
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Outsourcing: Maquilladores in Mexico
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#10 Military Hegemony 1. Colonialism 2. Imperialism 3. Development 1945-1990 4. Hegemony 1990 - present
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Colonialism
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Imperialism
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3. Development 1945-1990
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4. Hegemony 1990-Present
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First Iraq War
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Iraq War
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