Dallmayr Globalization Article [Dave Seduski, Week 11, Substantive]

Dallmyr's main point is shown right in the title of his article, "Globalization and Inequality: A Plea for Global Justice." However the only blame I see is placed upon the United States, which seems to be almost all too easy after all the post we've read. Inequality in an economic sense should not be fully blamed on the US though. In my Globalization and World Politics class, we learned a few statistics about the free trade that comes with the system of global capitalism that the US helped install in the world economy. Despite the fact that almost every country can trade openly, 80% of all world trade occurs between three main areas; North America, the developed areas of Europe, and Japan/South Korea/China. So is the blame really to be placed upon the United States? No, for although we set up the system, everyone else followed along and now we (along with Canada) are but one of three main players.

While Dallmyr/Huntington's main point was that the world should recognize a more global sense of justice and be socially cognisant, there is a concrete approach to help stop this global inequality. Dallmyr could urge countries to try and help to end the conflicts that rage in much of the third world. The war and disease that plague Africa mean few MNCs will want to set up business there, thus limiting exposure to the global economy. In effect, it all comes back to the author's main point, that we need a more global view of matters. Once people realize that we have a duty to be global citizens, then perhaps governments will be pressured to intervene, and then those countries can start to rebuild with foreign direct investment and other help.