Braving The New World Essay Research Paper

Braving The New World Essay, Research Paper

Moving towards a

global society with a local focus. ........... With the growing trends towards the global community it is becoming

more and more necessary for us to find the balance between the global and the

local. They say that all you need to look at to see what the current trends and

drives are in a society all you need to do is take a look at their advertising.

Catch slogans like, .Help your small business take its place in the global

economy, use brand X., are all indicators that we are headed towards the

globalisation of well, the globe. ........... Until recent years even though we

were all part of the collective of the planet earth, we were essentially locally

driven. Things that happened on the other side of the planet really didn.t make

all that much of a difference in our own part of the country. Now however with

the advent of the .international. news networks, and the ever more

interconnectedness of our societies, if the Tokyo stock exchange has a bad day,

you can expect that there will be trouble in the business sectors of

metropolitan Vancouver. In the age of corporate downsizing, companies are doing

anything but. The proposed merger of the Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank, is

evidence enough of this. Staff and branches are cu under the guise of

.streamlining. and .downsizing.. Companies are leaner, meaner, and bigger. The

Chairman of the Bank of Montreal, Matthew W. Barrett stated that .The merger of

Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada will create a financial institution

that will serve Canadians better at home as well as abroad... Governments are also moving toward the land

of mergers and upsizing. The proposed creation of the European union is evidence

of that. The question one almost needs to ask though is .why.. Is this trend

towards globalisation bringing us closer and closer to the .McWorld.. (ch 2) where corporations reign supreme and

you can have your materials quick and .to go. but you had better get out of the

way when you have your order, since the business isn.t about people, it.s about

products, and the power of your market share. In the age of the multinational

you can do whatever you want if your big enough. The environmental laws in one

country don.t let you produce something cheaply enough. That.s ok, just find

another country that has more relaxed laws, or is willing to look the other way

for the right price, and open a branch office there. The commercialisation of

the planet seems as inevitable as the march of time. .What is the power of the Pentagon

compared with Disneyland.s. Can the sixth Fleet keep up with CNN. McDonalds in

Moscow and Coke in China will do more to create a global culture more than

military colonisation ever could. It is less the goods than the brand names

that do the work,. (Ch 2, Jihad Vs. McWorld) ........... The results of this globalisation

have for the most part been rather grim. However one of the main reasons for

this is the spirit in which this globalisation has taken place. The act of the

globalisation of our countries and our economies have been made in the interest

of entities other then the common man and woman. For the most part the drive

towards globalisation has been driven.

by economics. One prime example of this drive for global economics has

been the Free Trade Agreement, or FTA for short. The FTA was an agreement that

was take the economies of Canada, and America, and tie them together in an

economic union that would be beneficial to both countries. Promises of the new

age of economics abounded and the agreement was passed. The results of the FTA

have not lived up to those promises though. When Canadians were told to .stand

up like real men in a tough world, and make more concessions to American

capital.. We did it, but the outcome was not where new what we were promised.

Canada ended up with the progression towards becoming a .warehouse economy.. In the first three years of the FTA

(1989-1992), Canada lost about 600,000 jobs and 1000 factories, its merchandise

trade surplus with the US declined by over $6 billion, and its global balance

of trade in goods and services went form a surplus of about $13 billion to a

deficit of about $10 billion. Most of the lost jobs have been prime

manufacturing jobs. Since 1990 Canada has lost jobs at triple the US rate, and

the unemployment insurance bill has risen by $7 billion..... Mulroney became

the most unpopular leader in modern Canadian history. (Ch 14 Quebeckers, Mohawks and Zulus:.) For what benefits

did we adopted this. What economic benefits has the average Canadian seen.

Inflation still goes up. Merchandise still costs more, and nothing really .new.

and .exciting. has happened to our economy. You would think that if it cheaper

to make shoes in Mexico then shoes would cost less. Why don.t they. Answer that

question and

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