Old World Meets New World

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Old World Meets New World
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Globalization of Technology

• 24-hour global stock market zones in New York
  City, London, Frankfort, Paris Tokyo
• World Wide Web viruses
• 24 Navistar Satellites
• Global medical technology

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Globalization of Politics

• The United Nations ensures
• Intl Peace and Security
• Economic and Social Development
• Human Rights
• Humanitarian Action
• International Law
• Decolonization

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Globalization of Economics and Finance

• The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only
  global international organization dealing with
  the rules of trade between nations. At its heart
  are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by
  the bulk of the worlds trading nations and
  ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to
  help producers of goods and services, exporters,
  and importers conduct their business.
• The IMF is an international organization of 184
  member countries. It was established to promote
  international monetary cooperation, exchange
  stability, and orderly exchange arrangements to
  foster economic growth and high levels of
  employment and to provide temporary financial
  assistance to countries to help ease balance of
  payments adjustment.
• The World Bank Group is one of the world's
  largest sources of development assistance. In
  Fiscal Year 2001, the institution provided more
  than US17 billion in loans to its client
  countries. It works in more than 100 developing
  economies with the primary focus of helping the
  poorest people and the poorest countries.

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Descriptions from each institutions web site.
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Globalization of Culture

• Do people of the world really care what color
  MMs are?
• Is English intended to be the world language?
• Will American cinema educate the world on
  American values?

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Globalization in the USA
Tennessee ranks 19th in the US for global export
production.
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Ubiquitous Commercialism
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McDonalds in China
Photography by Keith M. Bell
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Hollywood Lends its Name to its Indian Counterpart
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Russia Endorsed Globalization in 1998 When MTV
Debuted
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Thailand Where Capitalism and Buddhism Combine
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The Great Wal-Mart of China
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Globalization as a Unifying Force
Computer use in Islamic lands. ?
Vietnamese youth are connected to the world. ?
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Globalization as a Force of Destruction
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Balancing Act The Good Badof Globalization

• How do we, as upstanding citizens of the planet,
  balance the need for globalization with the
  negative impacts is also brings?
• How do we connect everyone without changing
  everyone, for better or worse?