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Unit 1 Challenges in the Multicultural World Lesson 1 Globalization Text A Living Between Three Worlds Contents 1. Objectives of this unit 2. Globalization 3. Text A: Living Between Three Worlds 4. Themes of the unit 5. Pictures of Indian lives Objectives By the end of this lesson, you will be able to 1) identify some of the effects of globalization; 2) know the economists point of view about immigration and outsourcing; 3) know what is the backlash of immigration and outsourcing and why it is difficult to make it go away. What is globalization? Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the industry, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. What is globalization? Globalization is not new, though. For thousands of years, people have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia that connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. In fact, many of the features of the current wave of globalization are similar to those prevailing before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.  What is globalization? But policy and technological developments of the past few decades have spurred increases in cross-border trade, investment, and migration so large that many observers believe the world has entered a qualitatively new phase in its economic development. Distinguishing this current wave of globalization from earlier ones, author Thomas Friedman has said that today globalization is “farther, faster, cheaper, and deeper.” Effects of Globalization Globalization has various aspects which affect the world in several different ways such as: Industry - emergence of worldwide prod