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Announcements Already fourth week! Already fourth week! Remember…four response papers (one page) and two mini essays (two pages) Remember…four response papers (one page) and two mini essays (two pages) Response papers tie readings to lectures Response papers tie readings to lectures Mini essays tie course materials to life Mini essays tie course materials to life
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Road Map EconomicPoliticalCultural Global Organizational Country Personal Evaluation Application
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Review: Evaluation – Does Economic Globalization Extend Opportunity or Increase Exploitation? Mixed story: By and large, basic indicators of material well- being (such as life expectancy) rise over recent decades, for people all over the world But gross inequalities remain, and a few even grow (such as shares of world income). Answers shift if we consider the well-being of nature instead of society.
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Application: Economic Globalization and AIDS (source: WHO) Background… In 2006, more than 4 million became newly infected with HIV. In 2006, more than 4 million became newly infected with HIV. In 2006, almost 40 million living with HIV. In 2006, almost 40 million living with HIV. In 2006, AIDS killed almost 3 million. In 2006, AIDS killed almost 3 million. Since AIDS first identified in 1981, more than 25 million died. Since AIDS first identified in 1981, more than 25 million died.
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Background -- AIDS in the OC (source: Orange County Health Care Agency)
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What Does Economic Globalization Have to Do with the AIDS Crisis? 1. Exposure in resource extraction 1. Exposure in resource extraction 2. Established in human population with rise of wage labor 2. Established in human population with rise of wage labor 3. Spread internationally through increased ties 3. Spread internationally through increased ties 4. Also spread through commodification of sex 4. Also spread through commodification of sex
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What Does Economic Globalization Have to Do with the AIDS Crisis? 5. Increased vulnerability with economic dislocation 5. Increased vulnerability with economic dislocation 6. Treatment inhibited by profit imperative 6. Treatment inhibited by profit imperative
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2006 AIDS map (source: WHO)
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2005 % on ARV Therapy
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