The benefits of Friedman’s view of globalization is positive where he sees the world as a level playing field. Everyone has an equal opportunity in an increasingly competitive world. He described how living in a wold of increasing competition, everyones abilities show and are advanced to keep up with the fast growing and fast paced markets. Globalization forces lots of benefits such as intermingling with other countries creating better communication, learned cultures and economies because of this. Economic growth and new jobs come of this as well.
Some problems that come of this include making the rich, richer and the poor, poorer. Other cons include unfair working conditions that can effect the environment negatively. Competitive pressure is harsh on many people who fear that they can’t keep up with competitiveness
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