globalization
noun
glob·al·i·za·tion
ˌglō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: the act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized
especially
: the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets
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Policymakers allowed the wage gap to widen, the analysis says, by failing to raise the federal minimum wage, tolerating excessive unemployment and allowing corporate globalization, among other factors.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The United States especially needs to wrestle with the risk that adversary relationships will promote a certain globalization of conflict—that the country could end up facing multiple, interlocking regional struggles against adversaries that cooperate in important, sometimes subtle ways.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
But after the Cold War ended, most Western policymakers seemed to expect that developing countries would, over time, embrace the Western approach to democracy and globalization.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
The legacy of manufacturing declines in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin underscores the urgent need for policies that redress economic inequality and promote job creation in sectors resilient to globalization and automation.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Learn more about globalization and AI by listening to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2024
The old consensus that endured even in the initial years after the end of the Cold War has frayed under the weight of globalization, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Great Recession of 2008-09 and Mr. Trump’s relentless assault on international institutions and agreements.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
In fact, non-English-language pop music of any kind was strangely missing from the telecast, with Afrobeats star Burna Boy’s multi-song performance serving as the lone indication of pop’s rapid globalization of the 2020s.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
Is Miami succeeding despite having small government and being a living embodiment of globalization and creative destruction?
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 3 Feb. 2024
Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The United States especially needs to wrestle with the risk that adversary relationships will promote a certain globalization of conflict—that the country could end up facing multiple, interlocking regional struggles against adversaries that cooperate in important, sometimes subtle ways.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
But after the Cold War ended, most Western policymakers seemed to expect that developing countries would, over time, embrace the Western approach to democracy and globalization.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
The legacy of manufacturing declines in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin underscores the urgent need for policies that redress economic inequality and promote job creation in sectors resilient to globalization and automation.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Learn more about globalization and AI by listening to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2024
The old consensus that endured even in the initial years after the end of the Cold War has frayed under the weight of globalization, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Great Recession of 2008-09 and Mr. Trump’s relentless assault on international institutions and agreements.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
In fact, non-English-language pop music of any kind was strangely missing from the telecast, with Afrobeats star Burna Boy’s multi-song performance serving as the lone indication of pop’s rapid globalization of the 2020s.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
Is Miami succeeding despite having small government and being a living embodiment of globalization and creative destruction?
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 3 Feb. 2024
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“Globalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalization. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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