Globalization: The Americanization of the World? Books to be discussed: Andrew J. Bacevich‚ American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy (Harvard University Press‚ 2002). Joseph E. Stiglitz‚ Making Globalization Work (Norton‚ 2007). James L. Watson‚ ed.‚ Golden Arches East: McDonald’s in East Asia (2nd edition‚ Stanford University Press‚ 2007). Robert McCrum‚ Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language (Norton‚ 2010). Fareed Zakaria‚ The Post-American World
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Running head: GLOBALIZATION Globalization and the World Economy Rodney L. Hughes Sr. Columbia Southern University Professor Bob Allen International Business‚ MBA 6601-06D June 12‚ 2007 Globalization and the World Economy Globalization is a powerful real aspect on the new world system‚ and it represents one of the most influential forces in determining the future course of the planet. It is described as
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of thrill‚ or frustration‚ or suspense. However‚ I have yet to read something to make me feel a personal guilt. That is until we read the short article by Peter Singer‚ The Life You Can Save. The philosopher‚ Peter Singer from Princeton University demonstrated different aids for controversy and boasting. But first let me start with‚ if you are one that others would call “weak”‚ why this would make you feel uncomfortable. The article begins by asking you a simple question; would you sacrifice the money
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Friedman: Globalization of the World Economy Declining trade and investment barriers‚ advancements in technology‚ economic dominance amongst Western international businesses‚ and the world’s changing foreign direct investment picture‚ have all contributed to the current state of our world’s economy. Although the United States still accounts for more than twenty percent of the worlds GDP‚ their economic dominance has declined dramatically due to these contributing factors. This shift in our
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In “The singer Solution to World Poverty” Singer talks about the American movement and its connection to world poverty world poverty. Where he claims that the only solution to world poverty would be by donating money to charity and gives he point out amount of dollars that could save a child’s life. He talks about how people should not spend money on luxuries while they are children dying in the world and he says that those luxuries shouldn’t be more valuable than people’s lives. In His essay he
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In his essay‚ “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”‚ the author Peter Singer wrote a few hypothetical examples to prove his moral judgments‚ in which he tried to persuade the readers to give away all the money one spends on luxuries via the example of Bob‚ a man who spared the innocent kids life trying to save his valuable Bugatti. However‚ the example of Bob failed to convince me as a good analogy for other people. First of all‚ Singer ignored one of the most considerable element in Bob’s scenario
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Singer begins his essay by describing two scenarios. The first scenario is about Dora. She was told she could make $1‚000 if she brought a homeless boy to an address. With the money she made she bought herself a television. Later on she was told the boy would be killed and his organs sold. Dora knows that what will happen to the boy is wrong and goes to get the boy back. The next scenario is about Bob. Bob is going to retire soon and invested the majority of
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her that a lot of countries in this world have the same issue. At that moment her facial expression turned somber. I can only imagine she used empathy be to put herself in the same situation as the kids asking for money. She proceeded to ask if there was anything she could do to help. If we truly want to make the world a better
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In his essay “Singer Solution to World Poverty” (Singer)‚ Peter Singer‚ a bioethics professor and philosopher‚ argues for a deontological approach to ethical human development . Most individuals of first-world countries‚ he argues‚ possess a dispensable income that they should donate to human-poverty-focused charities. After stating in the article that the “New York University philosopher Peter Unger” (Singer 2) concluded from research that it merely requires
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Peter Singer’s "Ethics of Triage" concept suggests prioritizing moral actions and resources based on their ability to prevent the greatest suffering or do the most good overall. He compares this concept to medical triage‚ where resources are focused on those most severely injured or ill‚ with the highest chance of benefiting from treatment. Singer also suggests prioritizing preventing major catastrophes like famine or genocide over smaller but more numerous problems‚ and directing aid first to those
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