GS101 Lecture Notes - Consumerism, John Maynard Keynes, Zheng He
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Power, neo-liberalism, and the rise of transitional corporations. Critical reflection assignment due thursday september 29th 7pm. Upload to turnitin. com/: class id (4330977) enrol password: (global). Three things that help us start to think about globalization. Consciousness of this global imaginary that we believe we are all together. Rise of the west: modernization and developed countries. The rise of the west as a global economic power should not be seen to have been inevitable. Still, the conditions must have been ripe climate, innovations accumulate, moving innovations, fragmented political order, protestant work ethic, industrialization, a freak occurrence. Marco polo made extensive travels all throughout asia and europe. Exploration was a big part of spreading knowledge and ideas and contact. He brought noodles from china to italy, and now it is a major food piece of italy. He traveled with kublai khan and was a major part in the extension of mapping and spreading knowledge.
