What is globalisation? For the first time in history almost the entire world population lives in a global capitalist system with the free movement of goods and services. The drive for globalisation is economic growth, especially for poorer nations whose economies have often been the most restrictive in the past.
There has always been trade between people and between countries. But we have been witnessing a development in which trade in goods has gained a larger and larger significance everywhere. There are advantages related to globalisation – first and foremost related to trade and investments helping wealth and linking countries together. But at the same time there are quite a number of negative consequences.The most scary part of globalisation is that large sections of the world population are going to be completely outside the development and are not receiving any of the gains. Global unequality has grown rapidly the last decades. The problem has increased because of solidarity with the developing countries.Globalisation is followed by democratic problems. While large companies have direct access to influence national and international decisions, the poorest in the developing countries do not have the least influence.On a national level is has become more difficult to lay down the rules for the development of society. Rules in trade and investments makes it still more difficult to maintain jobs that are not competitive on market terms. Increased transporting for goods, capital and highly skilled labour makes it more difficult to collect taxes nationally, which are necessary to maintain public welfare.
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