By global economy, we mean an economy that works as a unit in real time on a planetary basis. The forces of globalization thereby tend to erode the integrity and autonomy of national economies. We may see globalization in terms of the new possibilities opened up by global communications, global travel and global products. Or, alternatively, we may consider it from the perspective of those for whom it represents unwelcome destabilization and disorientation. To some extent, this difference may be a matter of who will gain from global change and who will lose or be marginalized. Globalization occurs as a contradictory and uneven process, involving new kinds of polarization (economic, … Continue reading Kevin Robins