EG462
February 13, 2011

Week 8: Examining Alternatives to Globalization

There are many people who like the fact of globalization. Many cultures around the world like the fact that they can get Chinese food in America, American McDonalds in Mexico, Mexican food in Europe, and Italian food in China. People from many cultures have retail stores, like Wal-Mart, they can shop at and get low prices on their needs. There are other people who think that globalization in bad for different cultures and the world. These people criticize business and other organizations for globalizing their business.

Critics of globalization blame business for taking their manufacturing jobs to lower income countries. These countries people will work for less than half of what Americans will work for. For example, Wal-Mart buys clothes from Asia countries and pays the business in the countries to grow their economy instead of American business. If Wal-Mart would buy American clothing they would be able to sell the clothes to people around the world and increase business in American clothing manufactures.

There are other industries that are affected by American presence in the world. Besides Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and humanity efforts around the works the world sex trade industries import their employees or slaves from many other countries around the world. The sex trade is a millions of dollars industry that focuses on business men, local men, and the United States military. Critics believe that the sex trade industries around the world would be hard to stop. The industry says that they are capitalist and not doing anything wrong.

The humanity efforts in Africa and other poor countries have critics of globalization speaking out. The people in the poor countries need help and the world is doing what they can to feed and help these poor countries. The world humanity organization will bring in food but will not show the people how to irrigate the land to help grow their own food. When the people in Africa know how to farm the land to be profitable and feed their people and families they will not need food from American farmers. Then American government and humanity efforts can focus on the poverty in our own country.

Many people try to immigrate to American to find their dreams. These people are poor and want to make a new start away from war, terrorism, and corrupt governments. They think that American is the best place to find a job, government help, and to get an education for themselves or family members. The people who immigrate to American and other countries want to better their situations for their families. When they see a McDonalds on the street corner or Wal-Mart they would like to have the same opportunities that globalization brings to the world.

There are critics for and against globalization. There are also benefits for and against globalization. Globalization can bring together cultures and people for a peaceful purpose. Globalization only changes a culture if the people of that culture allow it to change. Critics should not be against globalization, it brings work to countries that are in need of work and the belief that anyone can be successful in the world we live in.