ErdniG+Global

= Advantage =

We can exchange money, goods and ideas faster and cheaper than ever before. People, companies and organizations in different countries can live and work together. Modern communication and technology, like the Internet, cell phones or satellite TV help us in our daily lives. Fast food companies open shops around the world almost every day. = Disadvantage =

Globalization causes unemployment in industrialized countries because firms move their factories to places where they can get cheaper workers. Globalization may lead to more environmental problems. A company may want to build factories in other countries because environmental laws are not as strict as they are at home. Poor countries in the Third World may have to cut down more trees so that they can sell wood to richer countries. Globalization can lead to financial problems. In the 1970s and 80s countries like Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia or Brazil got a lot of money from investors who hoped they could build up new businesses there. These new companies often didn’t work, so they had to close down and investors pulled out their money. Some of the poorest countries in the world, especially in Africa, may get even poorer. Their population is not as educated as in developed countries and they don’t have the new technology that we do. Human, animal and plant diseases can spread more quickly through globalization