The Positive Impact Of Globalization In The World

Globalization has been a topic of discussion in recent years and for a good reason. Who has not heard of the term ‘global village’? The embers of social and economic advancements have been fanned into the flames of enhanced interaction-the global village scenario. The world is increasingly becoming smaller than in the past. Every country depends on every other country in this day and age. Foreign policy ministries and departments have never been more important and if this trend is to continue and there are no signs pointing to it not, international interdependence will only increase in scale. This globalization phenomenon has manifested in many ways across all aspects of human existence, social, economic and political. This paper will seek to analyze the economic and

Take the import of labor into the UK for example, is it positive or is it negative? Imported labor has been key in dealing with the shortage of medical practitioners in the UK in recent time. “However, is imported labor still an advantage when firms prefer to employ foreigners because they usually provide labor at lower costs” (Goulden)? How can the resulting structural unemployment be a good thing? Access to information about what is happening in other parts of the world has been mentioned as an effect of globalization. Cutting down on ignorance is almost never a bad thing but sometimes this information can lead to negative consequences. The terrorist organization ISIS has taken advantage of the globalization of information to recruit members from various parts of the world including the UK. This is an example of how access to information has led to negative consequences. Cultural colonization is also a possible adverse impact of colonization especially when good native cultural practices are replaced with harmful ones. The Arabic culture of smoking Shisha, for example, is the craze among young people in the UK