#globalization

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#contrary #diplomacy #end #far #globalization

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#business #business leaders #china #future #game

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#borders #era #globalization #issue #nation

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny. ↗

— Oscar de la Renta

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We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few. ↗

— Nestor Kirchner

#everyone #few #globalization #just #kind

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization. ↗

— John Agyekum Kufuor

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In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it. ↗

— John J. Sweeney

#cannot #current #current form #democratic #democratic societies

Recent evidence confirms that retail prices of essential consumer goods in poor countries are not appreciably lower than in the United States or Western Europe. In fact, with deregulation and "free trade", the cost of living in many Third World cities is now higher than in the United States. My experience in Latin America and Haiti is that the prices of meat, fish and fresh vegetables are about the same as in the United States. Can you imagine eating on less than one dollar a day? ↗

— Vincent A. Gallagher

#globalization #injustice #poverty #experience