Question 1

What is the difference between top-down and bottom-up globalization?

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Question 2

What is the basis of neoliberal economic policies?

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Question 3

What are the ethical issues surrounding globalization?

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Question 4

Do you consider yourself to be an overconsumer, an underconsumer, or a middle-of-the-road consumer? Explain your position, utilizing examples.

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Question 5

How have corporations responded to anticorporate criticism?

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Question 6

What are the ecological consequences of consumerism? What do you foresee happening as more and more countries adopt a North American way of life? Would it be fair to deny that opportunity to other global citizens? Explain your position.

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Question 7

In our global economy, corporations have become bigger and more powerful than many national governments. Discuss the effect that this has had on citizens in countries around the world.

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Question 8

What is the argument contained in, and the significance of, Naomi Klein's book No Logo?

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Question 9

What is meant by the term casino capitalism? What effects does this phenomenon have on economic stability?

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Question 10

How does globalization affect the production and consumption of food?

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Question 11

Define a global commodity chain and explain its significance utilizing an example of a product you've recently purchased.

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Question 12

What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization (WTO)? According to the text, what do critics say about it?

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Question 13

Explain how Cuba is an exception to most of what is represented by globalization.

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Question 14

What is fair-trade coffee? Why does it have such a small fraction of the total coffee market?

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Question 15

Explain how the "three sisters," the IMF, WTO, and World Bank, have a hand in globalization. Do you think that their power is applied equally to all countries in the world?

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Question 16

Consumerism is a way of life in which identity and purpose are oriented primarily toward the purchase and consumption of material goods. What is the relationship between consumerism and globalization?

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Quiz 19: Globalization