POLSCI 1G06 Lecture 16: November 5, 2013 - Globalization - Lecture #16.doc
31 Dec 2014
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International trade and investment have increased enormously in the last 30 years. However, trade and financial flows are not a unique characteristic of the late 20th century. By some measures (trade as percentage of gdp, capital flows/gdp), the world was more internationally connected in 1913 than it was until the 1990s. Moreover, trade can take place between national economies without indicating any socially significant interpenetration. Some of the largest economic agents on the planet are not states but multinational. Measured by revenue (fortune global 500) at number 25 is royal dutch shell, with revenue of close to billion, with several other corporations close behind. Revenue larger than the gdp of all but 24 states. Moreover, the absolute number of mncs has been increasing rapidly. However, mncs are not historically unique, nor is their power as individual actors greater now than historically. Some of the key international organizations like the world trade organization and the.
