Journal Entries!

Globalization Do you believe that globalization is a bad thing, or do you agree with the authors of the assigned reading?  Do you come from a culture that borrows many ideas and customs from around the world? 3. Does your language import many words from other languages? 4. What is your opinion about McDonald’s, Wal Mart, Disneyland, and other large corporations or purveyors of American culture spreading over so much of the world? 5. Do you think countries should protect themselves against “cultural pollution” from other countries? 6. What are some things from other cultures that you are glad your country has imported (either products or customs or ways of thinking)? 7. Do you come from a country that strongly stresses “intellectual property rights?” (If you’re reviewing these questions ahead of time, look up this term if you don’t understand it.) Does the concept of people owning their own ideas make sense to you? 8. Do you come from a country where the government highly regulates business and trade? 9. Do you think an individual’s preferences (to smoke, to not wear seat belts, to ride a motorcycle without a helmet) are most important, or do you think society’s interests are more important? 10. Do you think the interests of all countries should be take precedence over the interests of one country? (think of the reference to the U.S. banning the import of shrimp caught with nets that endanger sea turtles, and the international outrage at this U.S.-enacted law that actually broke a world trade treaty.)