Personal Statement of Melanie Ayllon
Three years ago I had to decide where my focus for the next three and a half years would lie. I needed to choose between languages, science, arts or economics and law. I decided to take economics and law as part of a bilingual program (German and English) at my school. My decision was not primarily based on my interest in economics and law, but rather on the opportunity to take half of the syllabus in English. To participate in the bilingual program you could only have either Latin or economics and law as a major. At that time, I did not know how strongly economics would fascinate me. Now I am really interested in matters relating to macroeconomics and globalisation. The interconnection between each individual …show more content…
Through globalisation not only has the variety of options increased, but also the purchasing power. This newly created power affects politics in different ways. The Cassis de Dijon principle has been hugely successful in making an EU-country approved good automatically available for all EU members. Also the money generated from consumption creates an increase in tax revenue for the state. Globalisation has changed from being an economic process to becoming a philosophy. But globalisation is not without its dangers. If we try to standardise everything, we will lose much of our cultural heritage. By forcing natives in South America to learn Spanish to unify communication nationwide, ancient languages like Quechuan are being lost. In addition, direct social interaction is becoming increasingly difficult. Albert Einstein once said that he feared the day when technology would surpass our human interaction. I wonder if that day has already happened or if the Einstein`s fear is justified. Thus, I am curious whether the extent of international interconnection is an improvement or not. I am keen to analyse and study the power behind
Three years ago I had to decide where my focus for the next three and a half years would lie. I needed to choose between languages, science, arts or economics and law. I decided to take economics and law as part of a bilingual program (German and English) at my school. My decision was not primarily based on my interest in economics and law, but rather on the opportunity to take half of the syllabus in English. To participate in the bilingual program you could only have either Latin or economics and law as a major. At that time, I did not know how strongly economics would fascinate me. Now I am really interested in matters relating to macroeconomics and globalisation. The interconnection between each individual …show more content…
Through globalisation not only has the variety of options increased, but also the purchasing power. This newly created power affects politics in different ways. The Cassis de Dijon principle has been hugely successful in making an EU-country approved good automatically available for all EU members. Also the money generated from consumption creates an increase in tax revenue for the state. Globalisation has changed from being an economic process to becoming a philosophy. But globalisation is not without its dangers. If we try to standardise everything, we will lose much of our cultural heritage. By forcing natives in South America to learn Spanish to unify communication nationwide, ancient languages like Quechuan are being lost. In addition, direct social interaction is becoming increasingly difficult. Albert Einstein once said that he feared the day when technology would surpass our human interaction. I wonder if that day has already happened or if the Einstein`s fear is justified. Thus, I am curious whether the extent of international interconnection is an improvement or not. I am keen to analyse and study the power behind