Globalisation Critique Flashcards
Who benefits from globalisation?
- TNCs
- NEEs
- International Organisations (IMF, World Bank)
- Regional trading blocs
Benefits of trade blocks: (3)
- Lower prices for consumers
- Access to larger, wealthier markets
- Competition leads to greater innovation
Cons of trade blocks:
- Exploitation of workers and poor working conditions
- More developed countries still protected by tariffs on agricultural products
How have newly industrialised countries benefited from globalisation?
- Developed rapidly due to inward investment
- Emerges have major economic power competing with the richer nations
How have TNC’s benefited from globalisation?
Growth in industrial and service sectors
How have international organisations benefited from globalisation?
Consolidated their positions and control in world affairs
How have regional trading blocks benefited from globalisation?
More trade agreements, benefiting members involved
Explain the risks of economic interdependence:
A negative economic shock in one country can quickly spread to other countries
Cons of globalisation:
- Standardisations increase cultural homogeny, damaging individual traditions
- Increased awareness of global news can be used for propaganda purposed by terrorist organisations
Benefits of globalisation on developing countries: (2)
- Transfer of skills, technology and capital
- Investments generates jobs and improves living standards + improves infrastructure
Cons of globalisation on developing countries:
- Too reliant on TNC investment
- Low wages from TNC’s
- TNC profits taken from the country
Name some impacts of globalisation:
- TNCs outsource to LICs or NEEs
- Greater sharing of ideas, lifestyles and traditions
- Increased awareness of global news and events
- Increased transportation of goods and people
- Growth in regional trade blocks
What are the positives of TNCs outsourcing to LICs or NEEs? (3)
- Cheaper consumer goods
- Greater choice for consumers as production has widened
- Competition leads to greater innovation
What are the negatives of TNCs outsourcing to LICs or NEEs?
- Exploitation of workers
- Damage to the environment due to weak restrictions
- Repatriation of profits back to HICs, slowing the growth of the economy in NEEs
What are the positives of greater sharing of ideas, lifestyles and traditions?
- Greater cultural understanding leads to acceptance and less conflict
- Access to foreign culture
What are the negatives of greater sharing of ideas, lifestyles and traditions? (3)
- Standardisation of goods and services can lead to cultural homogeny
- Cultural dilution leads to less diversity
- Negative ideas can be spread
What are the positives of increased awareness og global news and events?
- Informs people on environmental concerns and may encourage lifestyle changes
- people are better informed about human + natural disasters, encouraging donations
What are the negatives of increased awareness of global news and events?
Spread of propoganda for terrorist purposes
What are the positives of increased transportation of goods and people? (3)
- Remittances help support family members at home
- People can gain skills and education outside teir home country
- Increase in cultural diversity
What are negtaives of increased transportation of goods and people?
- Money and knowledge is lost to the local community
- Increased waste and emissions from product transportation
- Increased spread of diseases
What are the positives of growth in regional trade blocs?
- Some trade blocs have used Special and Differential Treatment (SDTs) to allow LICs access to markets
- HIC economies are protected by tariffs and quotas on agricultural products
What are the negatives of growth in regional trade blocs?
- Protectionism has excluded LICs
- Farmers in LICs struggle to supply basic needs due t the world price being so high
