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Now that the disruptions are piling one on top of the other, a new consensus has taken hold in the world’s advanced economies: It’s time to deglobalize. The better path now is to control borders more tightly, build resilient supply chains, pursue self-sufficiency in critical technologies, and inflict trade sanctions on adversaries regardless of global… Continue reading My War on Globalism 23

For decades, the critics of Globalization were mostly ignored because the benefits of global integration were simply too compelling to those who pulled the levers in government and large corporations. The dissenting voices could only throw a bit of sand in the gears. They forced globalization’s cheerleaders to accept a few minor brakes on unfettered… Continue reading My War on Globalism 22

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As we enter the fourth wave of globalization, driven by the digital revolution, there is renewed debate over whether it is a beneficial force: powering economic growth, and allowing the spread of ideas to improve people’s lives; or whether it erodes communities, and widens the gap between the elites and the rest of the world.… Continue reading My War on Globalism 20

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People state that globalism benefits the richest countries. Find any leftist website or other economics-illiterate person and they will say the same. But it doesn’t. It doesn’t benefit any nation. It works in the interest of multinational corporations, financial executives, and politicians. Everyone else is tossed to the back burner. The developing countries suffer poor… Continue reading My War on Globalism 19

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Globalism increases corruption. It increases corruption on the international and national level. The primary beneficiaries of globalism and globalization are: Multinational corporations, Financial Investors and Politicians. This is because multinational corporations receive the huge tax breaks and economies of scale to totally dominate the world market. The financial investors use financial speculation and international trade… Continue reading My War on Globalism 18

We buy products from China or India. And then our own countries go and build companies and factories in these countries. We’re investing in their products and investing in their industries/infrastructure. We are giving up our own industries to invest in theirs. How is this a positive thing to the people I will never understand.… Continue reading My War on Globalism 17