Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce Michael Mainelli Who Hates Globalisation?

Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce Michael Mainelli

• Who Hates Globalisation?

Outline

• Horton hears a Who

• Global pressure

• Global relief

• NGO scenarios

• Reasons to be fearful?

• Culture quash

• Globalisation – hopes and fears

Horton Hears A Who!

Global Pressure

Global Relief

Globalisation Factors

• Goods

• Services

• Capital

• People

• Culture

• Commons

Risk/Reward People Typology

Unsettled Times Fatalist

• Discovery = danger

• Future = danger

• Economy rules (save)

• Control nothing

• Inequality reigns

• Cooperation = useless

• Live for today

• Being here - powerless

• Inner exploration

• Few morals

Free for All Individualist

• Discovery = everything

• Future = better

• Innovation rules

• Control yourself

• Inequality is good

• Cooperation = temporary

• Live for today and tomorrow

• Power = knowledge

• Actions will serve others

• Own morals

Control Freaks Uber-Egalitarian

• Discovery = hope

• Future = worse

• Efficiency rules

• Control everything

• Equality of outcome

• Cooperation = enforced

• Live for tomorrow

• Power = control

• Serve others

• Group morals

Power Brokers Hierarchist

• Discovery = danger

• Future = problems

• Effectiveness rules

• Control within limits

• Equality of opportunity

• Cooperation = essential

• Live for today

• Power = resource

• Serve others

• Norms/mores

Reasons To Be Fearful?

• Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty

• Achieve universal primary education

• Promote gender equality and empower women

• Reduce child mortality

• Improve maternal health

• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

• Ensure environmental sustainability

• Develop a global partnership for development

• UN Millennium Development Goals

Institutions

Culture Quash

Globalisation – Hope and Fear

So What?

Discussion

• Can globalisation ever be popular?

• At what point should international NGOs fade away?

Who Hates Globalisation?

• Thank you!