Globalisation

The globalists sell the concept as being beneficial, claiming that people the world over have improved their quality of life as a result of the globalised economy. However, when these claims were investegated in depth, they were seen to be false. The following link will take you to a paper that looks at the major economic and social indicators for all countries for which data are available, and compares the last 20 years of globalization (1980-2000) with the previous 20 years (1960-1980). These indicators include: the growth of income per person, life expectancy, mortality among infants, children, and adults, literacy, and education.

http://www.cepr.net/globalization/scorecard_on_globalization.htm

The concept of  globalisation is not in itself bad, it could help pull down the barriers between nations if we learned to share resources for the common good. Anti globalists are not anti-globalisation, though that's what the of the mainstream media invariably dubs the globalisation protesters. They're actually very much against *corporate* globalisation, which is clearly not for the common good.  This completes the circle and brings us back to corporate reform. See...

Corporate Reform   and  Direct Democracy

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