Robert Reich Quotes

Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin. And people discuss it in a way that makes it seem so impersonal. But globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.

I think globalization has been really good for America.

Globalization cannot take shape without the speed of light.

[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant.

Globalization has enriched the planet beyond belief, leading to ever-increased demands of perfection. And thanks to 24/7 communications, we all instantaneously know when these expectations aren't met.

To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization. It's the central reality of our time.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism.

Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.

Globalization is a fact of economic life.

In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. And then around 2000 came Globalization 3.0, in which the world went from being small to tiny.

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era.

Globalization is the process by which markets integrate worldwide.

We talk about globalization today as if it's some great big new thing, that we've all just discovered. But there's really nothing new about it.

Globalization must be controlled.

Globalization

The political boundaries of nation-states are too narrow and constricted to define the scope and activities of modern business.

We cannot turn back the tides of globalization any more than King Knute [995-1035] could turn back the tides.

Globalization is very difficult to understand and almost impossible to regulate.

Globalization today is a globalization of markets, not a globalization of democracy.

Globalization punctures borders.

We’re not at the endpoint of globalization but somewhere near the starting line.