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Jerry
7/4/2020 12:16:20 am
What are the main threats to globalisation?
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Kae
8/4/2020 07:32:38 pm
Do you agree that this is the end of globalisation?
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Len
9/4/2020 07:19:16 am
Do you agree that this is the end of globalisation?
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Peter Kim
9/4/2020 10:57:40 am
This article was posted in the ‘Business Section’. From what you know about globalisation, is this appropriate? What other aspects of globalisation are there and how may they be affected?
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JiWon Choi
9/4/2020 11:02:43 am
Before the WHO issued the pandemic declaration, South Korea prevented its entry and suspended the operation of the Jeju Island visa-free immigration system when the number of confirmed patients in Wuhan and Hubei Province was the highest, but blocked the borders, Did not take the same steps. Currently, even if the coronavirus influx exceeds 50%, instead of closing off borders, the people who violate the quarantine are penalized by criminal offences and foreigners are forced to be exiled. This is also a measure based on three principles that the government have been emphasizing on, which are openness, transparency and democratic process. Foreign minister, Kang Kyung-Hwa, also emphasized the interdependence between countries in the BBC interview taken a few weeks ago. The government has taken this step because it has a relatively liberal view. If the current South Korean government had a relatively conservative view, the borders of South Korea might have been locked.
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Kae
9/4/2020 12:45:24 pm
Challenge:
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Daniel Kim
9/4/2020 11:23:24 am
What are the main threats to globalisation?
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Suin
9/4/2020 11:29:01 am
What are the main threats to globalisation?
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Heewon
9/4/2020 12:37:13 pm
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James Tipney
7/5/2020 11:57:48 am
Well done Grace, insights on Globalisation that will useful later in the course. It refers to cultural, political as well as economic - this is a good example for sure.
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Lucy
9/4/2020 07:01:11 pm
A ) What are the main threats to globalisation?
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katie
10/4/2020 05:08:46 am
This article was posted in the ‘Business Section’. From what you know about globalization, is this appropriate? What other aspects of globalization are there and how may they be affected?
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CHLOE
10/4/2020 07:46:26 am
Do you agree that this is the end of globalisation?
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Jaehyuk Choi
10/4/2020 11:20:13 am
Led by America, globalisation has become a popular trend during the last couple decades. Initially developed countries have justified themselves that globalisation is beneficial for the whole world by using David Ricardo’s famous Comparative Advantage theory while disregarding the fact that manufacturing productivity(and also software after WTO in 2000) in MEDCs actually increases faster than that of agriculture in LEDCs. In fact, there are some countries that are surely benefited by this interconnected, international specialization in production of goods, such as South Korea and Singapore. However, globalisation which was initially led by the US is now facing obstacles which is also led by the US. Indeed, it is not only the US, but also other states who feel that their sovereignty is infringed: for example, the UK left the EU and the US withdrew the Paris Agreement. Liberal values that were once upheld are being diminished. Simply put, people are now sick of caring outsiders, thinking that foreigners take away what belongs to them. This leads to spread of nationalism and protectionism which hinders economic activity that were highly complex and interconnected. It is true that these national decisions to exclude themselves from the international stage are disappointing especially recently when globalisation is most needed. The Number of situations that call for global cooperation or even global governance is growing. From common access resource problems to the current case of COVID-19 incident, there are global problems that require global effort. The COVID-19 incident specifically demonstrates 2 options to solve the general problem: to shut down all borders like North Korea or to be more interconnected, sharing medical information and providing excess medical aids to others. This could be seen as a case that could only be applied in this Corona event, but it actually tells us a somewhat general truth: “When not aiming to become an authoritarian state, be more interconnected to a point where the world can effectively respond to these problems as if it is a single state.”
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Gabriel
12/4/2020 01:02:40 pm
This article was posted in the ‘Business Section’. From what you know about globalisation, is this appropriate? What other aspects of globalisation are there and how may they be affected?
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James Tipney
7/5/2020 12:01:25 pm
Good insights, keep this in mind in our next unit on development. You are quite right to see that for economic integration to take place, a certain amount of social, cultural and even political change occurs.
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