Johan Norberg

Cheerleaders like Johan Norberg and Thomas Friedman argue that globalization is inevitable and mainly positive, whereas other critics seem to have slightly different views. As YaleGlobal Online describes globalization is “propelled by the desire to improve one’s life and helped along by technology… this increasing integration of the world has enriched life but also created new problems.” As one can see, globalization is highly contested, but there are undeniable good results and bad results, depending on which aspect one is looking at. In order to understand globalization and its potential effects, on must look at all aspects as a whole, and be open to the views of contradicting experts. Economically, globalization has mainly been a force for…

water. In nature the element occurs as a mixture of six stable isotopes gadolinium 158, 160, 156, and 157,155,154,152. The Gadolinium-157 isotope has the highest thermal neutron capture cross-section of any known stable element. Gadolinium was discovered by a Swiss chemist in 1880 named Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac when he “recorded previously unknown spectroscopic lines in an oxide preparation taken from the mineral samarskite” (Chemicool). In 1886, French chemist Paul Emile Lecoq de…

In the essay “The Noble Feat of Nike” by Johan Norberg speaks about how the shoe company “Nike” effected Vietnam. It describes how the Nike factories use poor countries like Vietnam to gain maximum profit by paying poor wage to workers in return. In addition, they provided workers air conditioned buildings, meal plan opportunities, and insurance in case of any health problems. Norberg argues about how the company Nike isn’t exploiting the worker in Vietnam. In fact, he interviewed workers in the…

A sweatshop is a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. As mentioned in the article, “The Noble Feat of Nike”, by Johan Norberg, globalization is the main key to open the multinational corporations and provide job opportunities to the workers especially in poor or developing countries. The goal of this multinational corporation is to bring trade agreement and friendly relationships…

In chapter two of Progress, Johan Norberg explores the concept of sanitation. Norberg talked about food being necessary to sustain life, yet life would be shorter and miserable without a safe way to deal with human waste. According to Norberg water has been the source of great suffering in the world through history, despite the fact that it is the source of all life. Water contaminated with human waste due to the lack of sanitation and inadequate provision of safe water was the cause of diseases…

Globalization is Good Film Review – Krystle Carr The documentary “Globalisation is Good” by Johan Norberg, demonstrations the flaws in the anti-globalization theology. It illustrates the positive impacts and negative consequences of the lack of globalizations in Taiwan, Vietnam, and Kenya. The documentary is based on the findings in Norberg’s book “In Defense of Global Capitalism,” and his belief that globalized capitalism can end poverty as it has in Europe and the United States. In order…

past people of different cultures and countries were unable to communicate and have interaction with each other, but today everything has changed thanks to smartphone, instant messaging and the Internet, which all enable us to easily connect with each other. Around 45% of the world population has an internet connection today, but in 1995 it was less than 1% (internetlivestats, 2016). This explains how the increasing knowledge, opportunities, and technologies have made people able to be connected…

necessary for survival, the absence of any form of security or labor protection; the exploitation of children, molestation and physical and psychological abuse. Several multinationals use this type of work to increase profits on the production. Although many people think sweatshops are good because it helps the country economics, sweatshops not only exploit their employees by paying a low wages, but also abuse physically, verbally and psychologically. It is true that sweatshops make the economy…

compared to an air conditioned factory with regular work hours are a major improvements for the county. The Nike Vietnamese workers also get paid 54 dollars a month, which is so high “that they are almost luring doctors and teachers away from their important jobs” (189). The Vietnamese people look to be making little money, but compared to farming, they are making extraordinary sums of money. Even people who get paid higher in Vietnamese society consider working in factories. With this extra…

are limited to only exporting raw materials into foreign countries as they cannot compete due to tariffs. For example, the 2002 steel tariff by the US charged a 30% tariff on steel imports. Therefore, the transfer of aid from the rich Western world, to the poorer developing countries enables these countries to try and balance up the markets by subsidising their industries and investing in capital schemes. However, the effectiveness of aid in countering these problems is seen to be small as the…