How Globalization Has Affected Quality of Life
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations. This process has effects on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development, prosperity and human physical well-being across the world. The perspective in the source embraces the further development of globalization as it has helped the economies of developing nations such as China and India. Globalization has also led to the economic co-operation of countries through organizations such as the WTO, NAFTA and World Bank. However, the negative impacts of globalization far outweigh the positives. NAFTA and WTO were originally created to increase the amount of global competition to give everyone in the world a chance to compete, but the greed of large corporations has ensured that money is not evenly distributed. In order to cut down costs, many developed companies are outsourcing their manufacturing to third-world companies like India and China, where the labor cost is low. The people in these developing nations are ready to work at one-fifth of what someone in the USA would call “low-pay”. This has caused resentment among Americans as they are losing their jobs. Outsourcing is a major problem for developing problems as well as workers in developed countries. Furthermore, the consumption of high-calorie foods high in fat and sweeteners is increasing throughout the developing world. This is a cause of fast food chains spreading rapidly. Not only is junk food a huge impact on the health of citizens, globalization has made it a norm for citizens, especially teens to spend hours on the internet. People are no longer getting the minimum 30 minutes of physical activity each day. This is also a due to the increased innovation for different forms of transportation such as cars, buses and motorcycles. Globalization has also been proved to be detrimental to the environment with the overuse of natural resources due to high