Globalization!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discussion in 'Finance, Investing & Economy' started by taboga, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. taboga

    taboga Member

    Dec 17, 2005
    I never realized how mcuh globalization has had an effect on America and the Western World until now. I saw a website that shows how 7th graders in India who know english fluently are starting to learn everything that Americans are unwilling to learn by using the Internet! The fact that China now has more internet users than the USA is very alarming. People do not realize how equalizing the internet truly is in regards to everything the western world assumes it only knows. This now leads to my question.

    Who all here has been affected by globalization of any kind? Was there a time you realized like I just did that the world is now truly flat?

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  2. ScissorsKick

    ScissorsKick Member

    Jan 12, 2005
    VA
    I'm not sure why this is a bad thing. I don't care what you try to label it as, but an educated world is a better place. One reason why the Soviet Union collapsed is because Soviet citizens started to get access to the outside world and saw the lies they were being told by those who had no sense for right and wrong and only desired power. The same is currently happening in other countries who have tried to hide the truth about Democracy from their societies. Knowledge will eventually help other Nations help themselves instead of relying solely on the good old US of A to bail them out. It would be nice to actually have some support from the rest of the world (monetary or moral) in terms of protecting global human rights since this seems to be the greatest cause for the conflict and atrocities that occur everyday in struggling Nations. I'm not saying we should not proceed with caution when dealing with our known adversaries, however, the people of those countries will be the impetus for triggering the change that needs to occur in ruthless and hostile authoritarian governments.
     
  3. art

    art Member

    Jul 2, 2000
    Portland OR
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    United States
    Open access to information is one positive benefit of an aspect of globalization, this is undeniable. But when you talk about "globalization" usually it's economies and imports/exports and the like that you talk about. Frankly, "globalization" has helped to gut the American economy due to the ************ policies of our government.
     
  4. ScissorsKick

    ScissorsKick Member

    Jan 12, 2005
    VA
    So is it globalization itself or is it the policies of the Government?
     
  5. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
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    The answer is for all people to be the best, most educated, most creative and most fluid person you can be and you will do fine.

    Those that strive for mediocrity will suffer.
     
  6. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    I think he is refering to the economics of it affecting out country, not all the mumbo jumbo you are talking about..

    While everything you said gives that nice cuddly, fluffy feeling inside, and sounds great coming out of the classroom, it sucks that our job market is being outsourced to such an extent..
     
  7. ScissorsKick

    ScissorsKick Member

    Jan 12, 2005
    VA
    Amazing... the biggest worry you have everyday is probably what TV channel to click on your remote and you think talking about genocide and atrocities in other countries is cuddly and fluffy!?! You are the one who needs to get the reality check! Have you ever been overseas? Well I have and as much as some people tend to whine and complain about how horrible we have it in the US, we enjoy way more freedoms and privileges than the rest of the world. In stead of complaining about how many jobs are going overseas we should be talking about how to tap into China's (for example) economic markets. If you sold a toothbrush (for example) to only a small fraction of China's population, you would become a multimillionaire over night. Maybe this isn't this best example, but you get my point. The US should spend more time and resources on understanding how to take advantage of the internet and new technologies etc. to create capital markets abroad. But go ahead, continue to whine and complain about how deprived you are.
     
  8. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    gaining jobs == gutted economy?
     
  9. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    Exactly how many jobs have actually been outsourced?
     
  10. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    problem is for most 7th graders in india their life involves barely getting by day to day and not being in school and learning things on the internet.

    BTW - What are these things these lucky few upper middle class 7th graders are learning that Americans are unwilling to learn? And how do they use the internet to learn them.

    How the hell is that "alarming"?

    How is the internet "equalizing"? I've had access for over a decade and I still don't have a deep understanding of electrical engineering, nuclear physics or how to mass produce velcro.

    The world is flat? Shit! Did God stomp on it? No the world is not flat figuratively nor literally.
     
  11. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    I wasnt trying to be offensive, its just that this stuff doesnt really belong in this thread when your are trying to prove a point.


    And yes, I have been overseas.
     
  12. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Well, from various people I talk to involved in the industry, alot of computer science related jobs.

    Which is a huge growing field.
     
  13. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
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    Well we don't create enought computer scientists in this country. So it's necessary.
     
  14. art

    art Member

    Jul 2, 2000
    Portland OR
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    United States
    puh-lease...

    replacing our relatively high paying manufacturing jobs with crap 10/hour (if you're lucky) service jobs due to outsourcing == shitting on the little guy.
     
  15. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Not sure about that. Its not that the supply isnt here.

    You could be right, but when domestic employers can get equal talent that work for a fraction of the wage, we all know the outcome.
     
  16. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
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    Then don't be the little guy.
     
  17. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    I've been in that industry 10 years and still haven't experienced or seen it first hand. And in just over a week I start a new job for a foreign company that is employing both domestic and US-based software engineers. This is why I'm looking for numbers instead of hearsay.
     
  18. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
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    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Really? Maybe I should go back into looking into it. I did, but initially got scared away by conversations I had with people that were in the field.

    Last thing I want to do is start a career in a field that is going to go through a hard time.

    Been through that once already.
     
  19. Levante

    Levante Member+

    Jul 28, 2001
    This thread fascinates me and is also timely.

    Especially with this upcoming election.

    It's true that our manufacturing jobs have left these shores, but it has been our own undoing. We simply are not making the best products anymore nor are we making cheap products efficiently. Add the fact that unions raised the cost of production, and any sensible company is doing what it needs to do to survive: outsource.

    There is hope, however, and it lies with the emerging markets of nanotechnology, biotechnology (this includes stem cell research), and the ever-trendy "green" economy. If our labor force continues to invest in educating itself and reinventing itself, we can capture these markets ahead of our foreign competitors. These markets are going to take years to develop, but with the right leadership at key public and private institutions, our economy should have plenty of job growth when these emerging markets "pop."
     

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