It creates opportunities |
International trade is not "a lottery"
where somebody wins what somebody else has lost. It is a way to arrange society that
creates new wealth from nothing, through a higher form of social collaboration. |
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Some lose, and the way forward for them
is training |
The overall balance of globalisation is positive,
since it creates value. Within this balance, though, there are people
who lose: these are the men and women whose jobs have been "exported". |
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It is to the benefit of consumers |
Profit is the spur for international trade.
However, many studies have demonstrated that the higher profits are
short-lived and that, under the pressure of competition, the advantages
are fast "passed" to consumers in the form of lower prices. |
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It reduces poverty in emerging countries |
An objection to companies that buy from emerging
countries is that they exploit workers. The workers in emerging countries
operating for export certainly do not share this view. Quite the opposite. |
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It makes it possible solidarity between generations across borders |
In developed countries demography is compromising
the "pact between generations" which lies at the foundation
of today's pensions. A "social pact between countries" is
at the very least a road to be explored to contribute to solving the problem. |
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It is a force for better |
Globalisation spurs economic growth.
Economic growth drives people's energies
towards the search for wealth, civilising the spirit of competition.
International trade promotes contact among peoples. Both these forces
work for peace. |
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It is a conscious choice for an open society |
Globalisation is often portrayed as an inevitable
extraneous force, imposed by "the economic potentates".
There are two lies in this statement: that globalisation is imposed,
and that it is inevitable. |
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