Shopaholic Reform: Moday - Wednesday Damages (1/3

Thursday, January 6

Moday - Wednesday Damages (1/3 - 1/5)

Monday

$120 - Quinn Hair Salon (hair cutting time)
$17 - Eversave

There was deal on eversave that gets you $45worth or merchandise at Bossa for only $22 and I had some credit on my account for $5 (must have been for referring a friend) so I got the deal for $17! Here's what I plan on buying...

This will be perfect for my upcoming India trip. I tend to check for my passport and wallet compulsively when traveling b/c I'm paranoid that I'm going to lose it. Perhaps having everything in one place and not strewn through my over-sized bag will help with my plight.

Tuesday

$1.25 - Diet Pepsi from the vending machine
$32.91 - Hess
$30 - Spatula paddle attachment for the kitchen aid.
$40 - Rue La La Stratton Mountain Deal of the Day

Aaron and I split the cost ($79) of a deal the La La was having on Stratton Mountain lift tickets. Aaron's mom bought us a weekend at an in right near the mountain, so we'll be up there this month anyways. I love getting deals on things I was going to spend money on anyways! Good timing Rue La La, good timing.

So a friend of mine got this beauty for Christmas but it doesn't fit on her machine, so I bought if off of her (she threw out the box in her excitement) so she can get a new one that fits.Hopefully it fits my machine, I'm not sure if I have the 4.5 or 5 quart machine, I think I have the 5 quart. We shall see. Fingers crossed.

Wednesday

$1.25 - Diet Pepsi from the vending machine (getting a little carried away with the soda this week)

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The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)