Globalization

After reading “Does Globalization Help or Hurt the World’s Poor?”, please answer the following:

When considering the impact of globalization on the poor, what other benefits or costs to globalization should also be taken into account?

How do these larger benefits or costs affect your analysis of the benefits or costs to the poor?

In what ways do they outweigh them?

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Update on the State of the Future

After reading “Update on the State of the Future”, select two topics from the following list and hypothesize how these issues could be resolved.

Environmental sustainability

World trade

Global information and technology

Global population

Peace and security (terrorism)

Energy

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.