Gobalization - A Future Perfec
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge’s book A Future Perfect was a descriptive piece of writing regarding globalization and provided strong arguements for both sides of this highly debated issue. Throughout the book, the two authors show very solid arguments for both sides of the globalization debate, but it is clear that the book is pro-globalization and leaves you with a sense of feeling that globalization is for better, not worse. A Future Perfect starts off with a couple of famous economists, John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek. These two individuals had much heated views on how to economically handle the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Hayek offered advice of free trade, privatization and deregulation; this was globalization ahead of its time while Keynes offered government spending as a solution. Unfortunately, most nations took Keynes approach and the result was a snowball effect of government spending leading to federal debt. The book then starts to establish its arguement both for and against globalization. It lists technology, capital markets and management as the three forces that drive globalization. Examples of technology driving the marketplace are shopping malls being built as a result from air-co
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Approximate Word count = 938
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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