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      <title>Economic Globalization by ALLEN DOMINIC HERNANDEZ</title>
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         <title>1440: Creation of Printing Press</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The printing press was created by Johannes Gutenberg on January 18, 1440 in Mainz, Germany. His invention helped disseminate knowledge wider and faster than ever before. It also created a new branch of media called "press" and taking over old printing technologies such as manuscripts and block printing.<br><br>This also helped spread Christianity to different places during Gutenberg's time. The bible was the first piece to be printed using the printed press and made almost 200 copies. <br><br>The printing press had huge economic repercussions. Its invention resulted in increased trade across Europe as a result of rising demand. The printing press's development was hailed as the most significant event of the second millennium for various reasons. First, its development not only reduced the cost of teaching materials, but also increased global literacy by enabling everyone to gain information. Books were produced in bigger volumes and at reduced prices, making them accessible to the masses. It generated income by increasing employment possibilities and increasing demand for books. The printing press also benefited the world economy by increasing commerce following its introduction. It grew to be a big industry, leading to the establishment of diverse printing industries, which continues today.<br><br><br><em><sub>Source:</sub></em></div><div><em><sub>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance"><em><sub>https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2)</sub></em><a href="http://womenncareer.com/articles/the-printing-press-the-telephone-and-the-internet-their-contribution-to-the-global-economy/#.YXVVbZ7P1EY"><em><sub> http://womenncareer.com/articles/the-printing-press-the-telephone-and-the-internet-their-contribution-to-the-global-economy/#.YXVVbZ7P1EY</sub></em><sub>&nbsp;</sub></a></div><div><a href="http://womenncareer.com/articles/the-printing-press-the-telephone-and-the-internet-their-contribution-to-the-global-economy/#.YXVVbZ7P1EY"><br></a><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1492: The Colombian Exchange</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>On 1492, Christopher Columbus travelled to an island in the Caribbean. During his second voyage on 1493, he brought 17 ships and more than 1,000 men to explore further and expand an earlier settlement on the island of Hispaniola. Inside those ships are hundreds of animals like cow, sheep, pigs and horses that cannot be found in that region.<br><br>As time passed by, Europeans travel to Americas to take seeds and plant cuttings such as coffee and wheat. These plants eventually flourished in Europe and the Old world.<br><br>The term "Colombian Exchange" was coined by Alfred Crosby and defined as it connected almost all of the world through new networks of trade and exchange. The inter- continental transfer of plants, animals, knowledge, and technology changed the world, as communities interacted with completely new species, tools, and ideas. The Columbian Exchange marked the beginning of a period of rapid cultural change.&nbsp; <br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) https://www.history.com/news/columbian-exchange-impact-diseases<br>(2) https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-5-the-first-global-age/53-the-colombian-exchange-betaa/a/read-the-columbian-exchange-beta</sub></em></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 07:25:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1571: The Europe-American Trade Link</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp;The establishment of a permanent trade link from the “Old World” via Manila to the Americas introducing global trade. This facilitates the introduction of diseases, livestock, plants, and people. <br><br><em><sub>Source:<br>(1) https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/19456/historical%20milestones.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0cIn94UPqFDaJsAUvGArgLEQCghAqGYWbnMX5CGDiII40UaCREYEXM3Lkhttps://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/19456/historical%20milestones.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0cIn94UPqFDaJsAUvGArgLEQCghAqGYWbnMX5CGDiII40UaCREYEXM3Lk</sub></em></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 07:26:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1600: Atlantic Slave Trade</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>On January 18,1600, Atlantic slave trade started between Americas and European countries and made a devastated effects on Africa.<br><br>Africans are the victims of this trade since they were the ones that were taken as captive. A large population of people taken captive were women and young men. Meanwhile those elderly and disabled were usually left behind by Europeans.<br><br>The Atlantic slave trade generated great wealth for many individuals, companies, and countries, but the brutal trafficking in human beings and the large numbers of deaths that resulted eventually sparked well-organized opposition to the trade.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/riches-misery-the-consequences-the-atlantic-slave-trade<br>(2) https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/709818</sub></em></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 07:27:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1792: Stock Exchange: Wall Street is Born</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A stock exchange is a centralised location where the shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold. In 1792, Wall Street stock exchange started. Wall Street is located in Lower Manhattan, New York. <br><br>Wall Street has such a significant impact on the global economy because it is the trading hub of the biggest financial market in the world’s richest nation. Wall Street is home to the venerable New York Stock Exchange, which is the undisputed leader worldwide in terms of average daily share trading volume and total market capitalization of its listed companies. Nasdaq stock exchange, the second largest stock exchange company is located in Wall Street<br><br><em><sub>Source:<br>(1) https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100814/wall-streets-enduring-impact-economy.asp</sub></em><br><strong><br></strong><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 07:27:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>2009: Bitcoin: the First Decentralized Cryptocurrency</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Cryptocurrency is a kind of digital money used to purchase goods and services online. It&nbsp;is based on the blockchain technology, which records and controls tractions through computers.<br><br>Since Bitcoin's creation in 2009, the economic effect of cryptocurrencies has been both evident and subtle. Today, the digital or virtual money in the form of tokens or coins has established itself as a legitimate currency and form of investment, with the economic influence of cryptocurrencies seen in a variety of sectors in a global scale.&nbsp;<br><br>These digital currencies are tracked by multiple ledgers for each transaction, removing the possibility of undue advantage manipulation. Thus, developing nations have a better opportunity of participating in financial transactions and improving their economic and social prospects. Common citizens will be able to follow governmental finances and hence have a voice in their own political atmosphere.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/the-inclusion-of-cryptocurrency-in-the-global-economic-structure/"><em><sub>https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/the-inclusion-of-cryptocurrency-in-the-global-economic-structure/</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2) </sub></em><a href="https://www.pelicoin.com/blog/what-is-the-economic-impact-of-cryptocurrency"><em><sub>https://www.pelicoin.com/blog/what-is-the-economic-impact-of-cryptocurrency</sub></em></a><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 10:13:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1995: Creation of World Trade Organization</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Since its inception in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization in charge of enforcing global trade regulations among nations. The WTO is founded on accords signed by most trade countries. The organization's principal purpose is to assist producers, exporters, and importers in protecting and managing their enterprises.<br><br></div><ul><li>Trade regulations are regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO).</li><li>Globalization has been accelerated by the WTO, with both beneficial and negative consequences.</li><li>The WTO's primary goal is to facilitate open dialogue among its members on trade issues.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><em><sub>Source: <br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wto.asp"><em><sub>https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wto.asp</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 10:14:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1956: Modern Artificial Intelligence</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>As corporate executives and inventors strive to realize artificial intelligence's promise of providing a competitive edge as well as cost and time savings, the technology is transforming sectors ranging from banking to manufacturing with new products, processes, and capabilities.<br><br></div><blockquote>"Rather than serving to flatten the degree of global equality, an AI-dominated future could well result in the greatest concentration of resources and power the world has ever known." (Wagner, 2018)&nbsp;</blockquote><div>&nbsp;<br><strong>Pros of AI</strong></div><div>1. Reduction of human error</div><ul><li>Artificial intelligence makes choices based on previously obtained data and a set of algorithms, therefore, mistakes are decreased and precision is increased.</li></ul><div>2. Takes risks instead of humans</div><ul><li>We can transcend many of our human limitations by creating an AI robot that can take our place.</li></ul><div>3. Always on</div><ul><li>Using AI, we can have machines operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without becoming exhausted and tired of repetitive work jobs.</li></ul><div>4. Job Assistance</div><ul><li>Artificial intelligence can be used to automate uninteresting chores and free up people to be more creative.</li></ul><div>5. Faster Decisions</div><ul><li>A person will consider numerous things both emotionally and practically, while an AI-powered machine will focus on what is programmed and produce results quicker.</li></ul><div>6. New Inventions</div><ul><li>AI is powering several innovations in almost every discipline, which will assist humans in solving the majority of complicated issues.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Cons of AI</strong></div><div>1. Needs lots of data</div><ul><li>If the newest AI app on your phone lacks sufficient data, it will offer poor results.</li></ul><div>2. Possibility to go wrong</div><ul><li>Millions of gadgets run AI systems. If AI begins making incorrect judgments, it might cause bodily or financial damage to millions.</li></ul><div>3. Issues with explainability</div><ul><li>Certain AI systems are classified as "black box" systems. The user has little to no comprehension of the AI's decision-making process. If the AI makes a bad forecast, performs a harmful action, or makes a mistake, diagnosing what went wrong might be difficult or impossible. This makes it difficult for individuals and businesses to trust AI with critical choices.</li></ul><div>4. May include bias</div><ul><li>Data is used by AI to make choices. That data may be biased. If so, an AI system may make judgments that bias against particular groups or individuals.</li></ul><div>5. Possible job loss and unemployment</div><ul><li>It's hard to say how many jobs AI will eliminate. AI will generate and improve occupations much more than it will remove. The threat of widespread job loss and long-term unemployment is always present.</li></ul><div>6. Comes with overhyped expectations and fears<br><br><em><sub>Sources: <br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://bernardmarr.com/what-is-the-importance-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/"><em><sub>https://bernardmarr.com/what-is-the-importance-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2) </sub></em><a href="https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/how-ai-is-changing-the-global-economy"><em><sub>https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/how-ai-is-changing-the-global-economy</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(3) </sub></em><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-artificial-intelligence-182a5ef6588c"><em><sub>https://towardsdatascience.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-artificial-intelligence-182a5ef6588c</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(4) </sub></em><a href="https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-artificial-intelligence"><em><sub>https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-artificial-intelligence</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1979: E-Commerce was Introduced</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In 1979, Michael Aldrich pioneered e-commerce (he is known as the founder of e-commerce).<br><br>Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is a business approach that enables businesses and people to purchase and sell products and services through the internet. It is handled using computers, tablets, smartphones, and other smart devices. With the help of the internet, many more companies are now available online.<br><br>The major effects of e-commerce on the economy are productivity and inflation. Increasing competition, cost savings, and changes in seller pricing behavior might all contribute to lower inflation as electronic commerce grows.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ecommerce.asp"><em><sub>https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ecommerce.asp</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2) </sub></em><a href="https://acowebs.com/impact-ecommerce-society/"><em><sub>https://acowebs.com/impact-ecommerce-society/</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>2020: COVID-19 Pandemic</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>COVID-19 is a worldwide epidemic that has wreaked havoc on the global economy and financial markets. Many nations' disease mitigation efforts have resulted in significant financial losses, increased unemployment, and disruptions in the transportation, service, and industrial sectors. Most nations misjudged the hazards of fast COVID-19 spread and reacted reactively to the situation. Because disease outbreaks are unlikely to go away soon, aggressive international action is essential to preserve lives and defend economic development.<br><br>Along with severe health inequalities, the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact will be unequal throughout the socioeconomic range. While office workers are more likely to adjust to flexible work arrangements under restrictions, numerous industrial, tourism, retail, and transportation industries would lose jobs due to community restrictions and low demand.<br><br><em><sub>Source:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00241/full"><em><sub>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00241/full</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1992: Invention of the First Smartphone </title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The emergence of the smartphone has seen communication equipment built for corporate usage rapidly devolve into ever-smaller consumer devices. The BlackBerry was the phone of choice for busy CEOs until Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. These phones, and the many applications that followed, revolutionized the way we communicate, do business, amuse ourselves, socialize, and study.<br><br>Technology has always been a crucial engine of economic advancement across the world, but it is only recently that mobile technology – namely smartphones – has emerged as a major economic force. One of the reasons for this is because a large portion of the phone's manufacture is done in other countries.<br><br>Economic Impact of Smartphones:</div><ul><li>Dramatically Increase in the Ability to Communicate and Collaborate</li><li>Creation of a Brand-New “App Economy”</li><li>Lower Barriers to Entry</li><li>Ability to Better Utilize Excess Capacity</li></ul><div><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://elearning.scranton.edu/resources/article/how-the-smartphone-has-impacted-economic-development/"><em><sub>https://elearning.scranton.edu/resources/article/how-the-smartphone-has-impacted-economic-development/</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>2004: The Birth of Facebook</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Facebook is a social networking website where individuals may interact with friends, work colleagues, and even people they don't know online by creating free accounts. In addition to allowing users to share media such as photos and music with anybody they choose, it also allow people&nbsp;to post their own views and opinions.&nbsp;<br><br>Facebook promotes worldwide economic activity by connecting individuals and companies, decreasing marketing obstacles, and encouraging innovation.<br><br>How Facebook promotes economic activities according to Deloitte:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Allows local, national, and global enterprises to contact prospective clients.</li><li>Allows companies of all sizes to improve brand recognition and discover the most probable customers for their goods and services.</li><li>Gives businesses a chance to publicize their activities.</li><li>enables new economic and job-creating ecosystems</li><li>Increases demand for mobile devices and Internet services that stimulates the economy.</li></ul><div><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/infographic-deloitte-facebooks-global-economic-impact/"><em><sub>https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/infographic-deloitte-facebooks-global-economic-impact/</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2) </sub></em><a href="https://www.webwise.ie/parents/explained-what-is-facebook-2/"><em><sub>https://www.webwise.ie/parents/explained-what-is-facebook-2/</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1997: Social Media Revolution</title>
         <author>mkm0054</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Six Degrees, the first well-known social media site, was launched in 1997. It allowed users to create a profile and add friends. As blogging became popular in 1999, it sparked a social media phenomenon that continues to this day.<br><br>As Facebook, Twitter, and other social media businesses built their user bases into the hundreds of millions, commercial applications started to emerge. They have access to the most comprehensive user tracking data ever devised.<br><br>Facebook started selling advertising in 2006. Twitter allowed digital marketing in 2010.&nbsp; LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and TikTok have all tried to profit via sponsored content.<br><br>Companies found the value of establishing an active, engaged social media presence in addition to putting advertising. While social media advertising must be paid for, companies may create an audience organically by generating and distributing engaging content on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other platforms.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>(1) </sub></em><a href="https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/"><em><sub>https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>(2) </sub></em><a href="https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html#:~:text=The%20first%20recognizable%20social%20media,sensation%20that's%20still%20popular%20today."><em><sub>https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html#:~:text=The%20first%20recognizable%20social%20media,sensation%20that's%20still%20popular%20today.</sub></em></a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1918: Trade Union Movement</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The First World War altered the course of labor movement history throughout Europe and far beyond. Unexpected close collaboration with the state, drastic strikes in the latter years of the war, and continuous expansion of trade union membership, pressures, and splits into labor organizations have all generated a significant amount of literature.<br><br>The history of labor movements during WWII has been neglected recently, making it ripe for resurrection. Work focusing on the conceptual environment in which labor unions established their political tactics is emerging.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br></sub></em><a href="https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/labour_movements_trade_unions_and_strikes"><em><sub>https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/labour_movements_trade_unions_and_strikes</sub></em></a><em><sub><br></sub></em><br><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-10-23 13:26:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The stock market in the United States expanded rapidly between the mid-and late 1920s. It lasted throughout the first six months after President Herbert Hoover's January 1929 inauguration. Stock prices skyrocketed during the great "Hoover bull market," and the general public, from banking and industrial magnates to chauffeurs and cooks, hurried to brokers to invest their liquid assets or savings securities they might sell for a profit.<br><br>The Economic Consequences of the Great Depression<br><br></div><ul><li>In politics, the Great Depression weakened faith in free-market capitalism. In other words, Herbert Hoover's laissez-faire economics didn't work.</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>Destroyed much of the Midwest's agriculture. In addition, agricultural commodity prices plummeted to their lowest level since the American Civil War, further aggravating the situation Farmers who couldn't find work were forced to live on the streets.</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>In 1928, the final year of the Roaring Twenties, unemployment was 4.2 percent. That's a lot lower than the normal rate of unemployed people in the economy.</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>The stock market plummeted by 90% between 1929 and 1932. As a result, the general public has lost all confidence in the stock market. Businesses, institutions, and individual investors were all out of pocket as a result of the financial crisis.</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>&nbsp;Prices dropped by 30% between 1930 and 1932. However, while this helped lower-income customers, it had the opposite effect on farmers, businesses, and homeowners.<br><br><em><sub>Sources:<br></sub></em><a href="https://www.thebalance.com/effects-of-the-great-depression-4049299"><em><sub>https://www.thebalance.com/effects-of-the-great-depression-4049299</sub></em></a><em><sub><br></sub></em><a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929"><em><sub>https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929</sub></em></a><br><br></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>1942: The Invention of the Computer</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>One of the earliest computers was the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer), which was constructed by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry in the United States in 1942, although it was neither programmable nor "Turing-complete."<br><br>The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first Turing-complete computer that possessed the four essential features of modern computers. It was built secretly by the US army and initially used on December 10, 1945, at the University of Pennsylvania to examine the viability of utilizing a hydrogen bomb to explode a nuclear weapon.<br><br>Impacts of Computer in the Economic Globalization:<br>1. <strong>Improving calculations</strong></div><ul><li>Mainframe computers were immediately adopted by academic and research institutes to compute input-output tables and the moments required to compute estimates with different predetermined econometric approaches.</li></ul><div>2. <strong>Information Access</strong></div><ul><li>Computers have dramatically increased access to information around the world.&nbsp; This greater availability of information is a contributing element to cultural homogeneity, which is a critical component of globalization, as well as a contributing factor to the rising interconnection of global communication.</li></ul><div>3.&nbsp;<strong>Labor</strong></div><ul><li>Computers have expanded global labor availability. The cost of data entry, customer service, and accounting in Third World countries is a fraction of that in First World countries. Every work outsourced to a foreign country means that a citizen of the outsourcing country loses their employment.</li></ul><div>4. &nbsp;<strong>Removing Boundaries Between Theoretical and Applied&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Economics</strong></div><ul><li>Although scientific models have long been framed to accommodate computation limitations (e.g. quadratic functions on money models), new practices prompted by computerization, combined with new policy challenges and business demands, have profoundly changed the relationship between theory and practice. Calibrating, designing mechanisms, simulating, and modeling agents. Computerization has transformed the way models are built and what theory should produce. It has muddled the lines between two entities. Because models are not encoded but are conceptualized as computer programs, simulation&nbsp;does not match the theory/empirical separation. For example, simulation has been (re)conceived as a third way of performing research, and ideas and data can be placed on the same footing if considered parallels.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><em><sub>Sources:<br></sub></em><a href="https://www.britannica.com/technology/Atanasoff-Berry-Computer"><em><sub>https://www.britannica.com/technology/Atanasoff-Berry-Computer</sub></em></a><em><sub><br>https://bizfluent.com/info-8216493-productivity-workplace.html<br>https://beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/9-ways-computers-have-affected-the-development-of-economics/<br></sub></em><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1944: Creation of World Bank and International Monetary Fund</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 created the two institutions, which serve complementary functions. When it comes to impoverished countries, the World Bank Group works to reduce poverty and generate shared prosperity, whereas the International Monetary Fund works to stabilize the international monetary system and monitor global currencies.<br><br>Impact of Creation of World Bank and International Monetary Fund<br><br></div><ul><li>help restore and sustain the benefits of global integration, by promoting international economic cooperation.</li><li>ensuring the stability of the international financial system, and by helping individual countries take advantage of the investment opportunities offered by international capital markets while reducing their vulnerability to adverse shocks or changes in investor sentiment.</li><li>increase the transparency of their financial and corporate sectors as a means to reduce financial abuse, such as money laundering and fraud, and ensure a level playing field for all investors.</li><li>bring about a decisive reduction in world poverty, the efforts of poor countries must be matched by more comprehensive support from the international community.</li></ul><div><em><sub>Sources:</sub></em></div><div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/history/the-world-bank-group-and-the-imf"><em><sub>https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/history/the-world-bank-group-and-the-imf</sub></em></a><em><sub><br></sub></em><a href="https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2002/031502.htm"><em><sub>https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2002/031502.htm</sub></em></a><em><sub><br></sub></em><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1945: Creation of United Nations</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that was founded on October 24, 1945. The United Nations (UN) was the second multifunctional international organization to be created in the twentieth century that had a global reach and membership. It was founded in 1945 and has been in existence ever since.<br><br>Impacts of the creation of United Nation:&nbsp;<br><br></div><ul><li>maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights.</li><li>develop friendly relations among nations;</li><li>help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease, and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms</li></ul><div><br><em><sub>Sources:<br></sub></em><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-Nations"><em><sub>https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-Nations</sub></em></a></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1989: Fall of Berlin Wall</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Berlin Wall, which separated communist East Germany from West Germany, was finally torn down on November 9, 1989, five days after a half-million people demonstrated in East Berlin in a major protest against the wall. East German officials attempted to defuse increasing demonstrations by relaxing the borders, allowing East Germans to move more freely across the country.<br><br>This was a crucial flashpoint in the history between the two sides, as the guards could have easily fired on the crowd. However, according to historian Mary Elise Sarotte in her book The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, no one among the East German authorities wanted to take the personal authority of issuing orders leading to the use of lethal force. The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the symbolic end of the Cold War on Nov. 12, 1989. East and West Germany became one state 11 months later on Oct. 3, 1990. More than 2 million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin to celebrate the "fall" of the wall.<br><br>Impacts of the fall of Berlin Wall&nbsp;<br><br></div><ul><li>According to the World Bank, countries in Central and Eastern Europe have seen substantial economic development, improving living standards, and the emergence of new personal and political freedoms in the recent past.</li><li>It also represented the end of the economic and political rivalry between communism and capitalism with a decisive triumph for the latter, as well as the beginning of a decisive victory in the contest between the state and the market.</li></ul><div><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/fall-wall-fall-banks-and-beyond-three-persistent-problems-global-economy<br>https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/digital/fall-of-berlin-wall-rise-of-globalization/<br>https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2019/11/08/how-german-reunification-could-change-global-capitalism-today/</sub></em></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1991: Creation of the World Wide Web</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Sir Tim Berners-Lee established the World Wide Web in 1989, with the primary goal of providing a new means for scientists to readily communicate the data from their studies with one another. Although hypertext (text shown on a computer screen that connects to other text that the reader can view immediately) and the internet were already in existence, no one had thought of a method to utilize the internet to link one document directly to another until now.<br><br>The internet became accessible to everyone, not only Scientists, when the world wide web was created. It connected the globe in such a manner that it made it much simpler for people to get, exchange, and discuss information. Since then, it has enabled users to share their work and opinions via social networking sites, blogs, and video sharing sites, among others.<br><br>Impacts Of World Wide Web to the Economic Globalization</div><ul><li>Computers and the Internet contribute to Globalization by facilitating significant changes in the communication process, facilitating partnerships and economic exchanges across nations and nationalities.</li><li>Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo, which are used to engage with residents from other nations, have fundamentally altered how individuals behave globally.</li><li>Due to the Internet and the World Wide Web, commerce is now performed on a worldwide scale, as distances have been significantly decreased.</li></ul><div><br><em><sub>Sources:<br>https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&amp;context=honors_cis<br>https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/the-world-wide-web-the-invention-that-connected-the-world/eAJS4WcKh7UBIQ?hl=en<br>https://ivypanda.com/essays/effects-of-internet-and-world-wide-web-on-globalization/</sub></em><br><br><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>1814: Creation of Steam Train</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>On 1814, George Stephenson and his son, Robert built the first practical locomotive. This invention greatly affected globalization since it helped the merchants to transport their goods quickly to different countries and with less cost. The improvement of the steam engine caused the production to increase and caused people to use more resources, this would cause countries to use raw materials and other resources to trade and sell goods on foreign lands.<br><br>Industrial revolution destroyed cultures and communities but it helped in globalizing world economy.<br><br><em><sub>Source:&nbsp;<br>(1) https://colors-newyork.com/what-impact-did-the-steam-engine-have-on-globalization/#What_impact_did_the_steam_engine_have_on_globalization</sub></em></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Joseph Stiglitz on Globalization and its Discontents</title>
         <author>zas1956</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>According to Joseph Stiglitz, globalization is a phenomenon that can benefit all parties involved, particularly the poor, if it is managed properly. Though the economist asserts that globalization has been mismanaged for several reasons:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>The greed factor and the desire for short-term profitability among multinational corporations and developed countries that rely on international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank&nbsp;</li><li>Capitalizing on the needs of developing countries and exploiting resources that are ultimately unsuitable for them.&nbsp;</li><li>It created volatility in the financial markets of countries like as Russia, Thailand, and Latin American countries as a consequence of the global institutions' one-sided strategy of utilizing poor nations as hunting grounds.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>The mishandling of globalization began when developing countries requested financial aid, and wealthier countries, fueled by the IMF and World Bank, viewed it as a chance to exploit their resources and utilize them as a market. It made these institutions to help but with a set of conditions that had a common format such as austerity of the assets and liberalization of the economies at attractive terms. It delivered policies that were contradictory in nature. These nations could neither improve their economy, nor they built robust regulatory infrastructure to protect themselves. It worsened their situation and it only happened due to the one-sided agenda in the name of globalization drive, run by the IMF, World bank and other global institutions. It created mismanagement of the globalization &nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <title>What is Neoliberalism</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Neoliberalism is a political and economic policy framework that aims to shift sectoral control away from the state and toward the private sector. Fiscal austerity, deregulation, free trade, privatization, and reduced government spending are typically neoliberalism's policies. It seeks to bolster free market capitalism's functioning while reining in government spending, regulation, and public ownership. &nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <title>The CONs of Economic Globalization</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>1. There is a universal size.&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Part of the criticisms of neoliberalism is the idea that markets and the profit motive are efficient and create a net benefit to society. However, there are markets that create positive externalities above its true cost. For instance, education and healthcare can cost the government billions but create external benefits in the form of healthier and more intelligent citizens.</li></ul><div><strong>2. Personnel displaced&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Neoliberalism promotes free trade and globalization, which can result in temporary job displacement.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>3. Lower wages&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>One of the most common criticisms leveled at neoliberalism is its commitment to globalization. While globalization may be beneficial in the long run, it has created problems in the short term.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>4. Financial Instability&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Neoliberalism may have ushered in an era of relatively free and rapid capital flows between countries. This has benefited a large number of people, particularly those in the developing world. However, it introduces instability by allowing those investments to exit as quickly and easily as they entered.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>The PROs of Economic Globalization</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>1. Economic Effectiveness&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Neoliberalism's central argument is that government is inherently inefficient. It is inefficient in that it is incapable of going out of business.</li></ul><div><strong>2. Cheaper Goods&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Neoliberalism is an ideology that promotes free markets and international trade. This entails removing trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas that increase the cost of goods. By lowering trade barriers, the consumer pays less than the import tariff dictates.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>3. Lower Taxes&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>The goal of neoliberalism is to diminish the government's influence and role. This entails reduced government spending and the elimination of government departments. As a result, the need for such high levels of taxation is diminished.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><strong>4. Increased Investment&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>With less regulation and taxation, it incentivizes businesses to invest – both foreign and domestic. This is because the benefits to the firm are significantly greater. Thus, if it earns an additional $1 million in profit, it can retain a greater portion of it than if taxes were doubled.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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