Response to the article: In NC, A Second Industrial Revolution
American manufacturing in the 21st century is producing more goods than ever before. We make up almost one-fourth of the global manufacturing, even Japan and China do not even come close. Although this may be the case, many manufacturing jobs in the United States, such as textile or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Globalization’
The Second Industrial Revolution
Globalization A-Z
Professor Steve Greenlaw’s Freshman Seminar dealing with Globalization is making its mark on UMW Blogs. The class as a whole is already intensely active, engaging some fascinating topics in a distributed manner through their own blogs. Between this post on the ABCs of Globalization and this image of “When old meets new” (both of which [...]
Is globalization creating a single language world?
As the world is gradually flattened out more and more, unique cultures and languages are being rolled over. The world demands more and more that English be the universal language in order to communicate between buisnesses, as well as between individuals. Because this is happening, my question is: Will English become the single language of [...]
Is globalization good…or bad?
Globalization, for our world has a lot of ups and downs.
Here is a simple list of globlization pluses:
cheap labor
transferring of ideas
better standard of living for some poorer countries beginning to catch up in the technological world (ie. India)
increased awareness for other countries/understanding
faster/more accurate service
freedom of expression
good for global buisnesses
buisnesses can be more flexible to meet [...]
Globaliziation…and its impact on our environment
As our world becomes more and more globalized, bricks are weighing down and stressing our enviornment. Now that technology has become more complex, expecially in the last century or so, resources that we use to run this technology is becoming more scarce. Oil, gasoline, natural gas and coal power many of our homes with electricity, the electricity that runs [...]
