Quotes about Globalization
“I think that there’s going to be a tug of war within the United States between those who see globalization as a threat and want to retrench, and those who accept that we live in an open, integrated world which has challenges and opportunities.” -Barrack Obama, speaking in India in Nov. 2010 (Washington Post, 11/8/10)
"Globalization is not a neutral thing driven by some higher force. It is a process which we must guide or regulate and put into a framework of values.... I believe the benefits of globalization strongly outweigh the risks, but these risks must be carefully managed." George Papandreou in interview with Nathan Gardels (article published 8/11/10)
"Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon in human history that's been bringing the world closer through the exchange of goods and products, information, knowledge and culture." World Bank's Youthink Web Site
"The concept of globalisation has caught on. What is fascinating is that it merely reinforces Plato's ancient idea of, 'The citizen of the world.'" --D. Molefe, O. Pansiri, & S. Weeks in The Monitor (Botswana), Aug. 23, 2010
Globalization & Jobs
"By relocating some parts of international supply chains, globalization has been affecting the price of goods, job patterns, and wages almost everywhere." --Michael Spence, author of The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World, writing in the July/August 2011 edition of Foreign Affairs
Globalization & Religion
"I don’t believe today you can afford to be illiterate about other peoples’ religion. Globalisation is pushing us all together, religion is threatening to pull us apart. Misunderstanding causes fear, and fear causes conflict." -Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh, Jan. 2010
“Globalization is easily exaggerated in all directions.” --N.J. Demerath III, a sociology professor at the University of Massachusetts
Globalization & Flat World
“The world may not be flat for everyone, everywhere, but there’s no turning back the clock on globalization,” the Foreign Policy/A.T. Kearney announced in 2007 as the team released its annual index measuring globalization.
