At 10:12 AM 2/10/98 -0500, Ed Weick wrote:
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>I believe we are now moving into something new and different. We are not
>sure of what it is, but we have labeled it "globalization". It too would
>appear to be the product of a critical change in technology - technology
>which has permitted overleaping of national boundaries and which permits
>production to take place and markets to be accessed almost anywhere in the
>world. The assembly line and supermarket have become global. There is no
>question but that this change favors capital over the individual as both
>worker and consumer and, moreover, takes away much of the power of the
>nation-state as intervener. Monopoly capital is again ascendent.
>Nation-states will need to work cooperatively if they are to impose some
>semblance of order on the emerging international economy. Whether they can
>do so effectively remains to be seen. I must admit I am skeptical.
Perhaps the threat of monetary, or other global economic collapse might
encourage cooperation of some sort. Or the threat of environmental collapse
(despite denial in some quarters that such a possibility exists) might scare
some leaders into action. Perhaps not. As you say, we don't know because
we're in the middle of it.
Let's wish ourselves luck.
David
