Though there are a few negative effects, such as poverty and job insecurity, more attention has been drawn to human rights violations, and poor countries have been provided the chance to economically prosper (as well as in some cases create more democratic conditions). Labor is moved from country to country to show market skills and share technology, making multiple nations work and develop together. Some corporations and governments are even attempting to help solve each other’s ecological problems. This has also allowed many countries to become more tolerant towards each other, and with this has come the chance for culture to be spread around between countries which previously never had anything in common. It is important to have these ties and connections with other nations in order to smooth tensions, and the impact different types of cultures have had on each other have definitely been leaving a positive impression.

  When it comes to globalization, it is not possible for all countries to benefit from it equally. The rich countries only get richer, while the poorer countries only get poorer. The managers, business owners, and investors get richer from globalization, but not without the hard work and labor from the workers and resources from mother nature which we are taking too much of. The UN reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent. The share between countries is unequal, and at the same time resources are being consumed too fast and our planet cannot replace them fast enough.

While free trade and trade agreements are supposed to keep order, countries do not always necessarily follow the rules of the agreement. China, for example, ignores trade rules and WTO laws with reckless abandon. No one is there to enforce the rules, and it is hard to punish an entire country, especially one as large as China. In addition, free trade is supposed to be where all barriers are eliminated, but many barriers still exist. For instance, 161 countries have value added taxes (VATs) on imports which are as high as 21.6% in Europe. Both the NAFTA and the South Korean Korus trade agreements might have been good for Wall Street and the multinational corporations, but they eliminated jobs in America and expanded its trade deficit. While globalization has helped our society advance in areas such as culture, politics, and technology, it created several problems for us; globalization creates more problems than it solves.

Globalization opens up economies to international trade of goods and services, which results in the allocation of resources consistent with their respective comparative advantages. Globalization promotes enhancing countries’ productivity. Globalization makes it easier to remove restrictive trade that impedes growth. Technological advancements from globalization allow countries to produce what they can afford in terms of resources and technology. In turn, these countries will benefit from what they can’t produce anywhere else. Overall, globalization has a positive impact on the world and has developed society into what it is today. 

            Through Globalization, international trade has led to an increase in national cooperation, as if two countries are less likely to go to war if both are dependent on the other for the production of goods. Globalization has led to an international community through organizations like the EU and the UN. This community strives to achieve peace, and have stabilized states that have been at war for the last decade (Cyprus, DRC, Liberia, etc.). Before during times of warfare, nations would have to pick sides and support one of the combatants, but because of the UN, nations now try to create peace instead of escalating the conflict.

             Globalization has also spread culture around the world. Good industrial practices in the UK and China have spread throughout the world to nations that are developing like Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. Movies, Cooking, Languages, and customs are now able to spread throughout the world due to globalization. The Tourism industry has grown exponentially since Globalization, people can now travel and experience different cultures because of Globalization.

             Globalization has had a net positive effect on the world, it has improved the quality of production, increased international collaboration and coordination, and caused cultural proliferation.

Overall, globalization is a good thing because it creates a system where goods and services can be bought from where the world is best at producing them and other places can begin to focus on what they can contribute to the network. Moreover, globalization creates healthy competition for businesses and firms that would not have existed otherwise, allowing better goods to be distributed across markets. Also, the spread of globalization has ended the practice of colonialism and in so doing given opportunity for these lesser developed countries to kickstart their economies. 

The largest issue for me with globalization is the lack of care toward the environment. However, I believe this would have happened with industrialization alone and that the world can learn to adapt to having a more conscientious production standard.

I don’t believe that the problem of displacing some jobs is as much as an issue on the grand scale as we make it seem. In the long run, it will still be a lot more advantageous for everyone if better and cheaper goods are available around the world.