“Many people have written about the economic meaning of globalization; in One World Peter Singer explains its moral meaning. His position is carefully developed, his tone is moderate, but his conclusions are radical and profound. No political theorist or moral philosopher, no public official or political activist, can afford to ignore his arguments.” PeopleWorldPoliticalMoralWrittenEconomicPositionArgumentProfoundPhilosopherSingersConclusionRadicalToneOfficialsActivistPeterGlobalizationModeratesTheoristsPublic Officials Author:Michael Walzer
“The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.” RelationInstrumentsInternationalRegimesGlobalizationMarketplaceInternational Relations Author:William Greider
“The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.” SelfInterestRolesDollarsThreatGlobalizationReadinessProtector Author:William Greider
“Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.” WorldProblemPoliticalPoliticsStrongJusticeAnswersFoundationDemocraticGlobalizationEquityPolitical Will Author:Sharan Burrow
“An active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint of market excess is the cause our distress, and economic globalization is both a historical inevitability and a boon to the human species.” WorldHumansCausesGrowthPathEconomicHistoricalSpeciesActiveCorporationsPropagandaControlledExcessConsumptionConsumerismDistressRestraintGlobalizationMachineryInevitabilityHuman SpeciesBoonEconomic Globalization Author:David Korten
“In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.” DifferencesEconomicGlobalizationInternationalismEconomic Globalization Author:David Korten
“As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.” IfsStatesEnjoyGrowthUnitedUnited StatesEconomicBenefitsRelationChinaMutualGlobalizationRapidsMomentumEconomic GlobalizationRapid GrowthMutual Benefit Author:Xi Jinping
“The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.” WorldWayHeartHas BeensFilmFormCultureTelevisionClothesDrivenLocalsTraditionalGlobalizationAmerican MusicStandardizationAmerican Television Book:Valences of the Dialectic Source: Valences of the Dialectic