Tag: pollution
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How Pollution and Toxic Waste harm development
Western models of development are built around high levels of production and consumption to increase economic growth, and all other things being equal, the more we produce and consume, the more pollution and waste we produce. According to the World Health Organisation, Air Pollution kills 7 million people a year, most of whom live in…
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The Pessimist View of Globalization
Pessimist globalists argue that globalization is a form of Western, American Imperialism. They see globalization as a process in which Western institutions and ideas are imposed on the rest of the world. Transnational Corporations are the backbone of this new global order and these are the institutions that benefit from especially economic globalization. Two examples…
