Shopaholic Reform: Soon to be Purchased...

Thursday, January 20

Soon to be Purchased...

So there are a number of items I am anticipating needing to purchase for my upcoming India trip. There's just no getting around them...unless of course any of you out there have any of my needed items and would be willing to let me borrow it/them for a month?

Here's what I think I'll need...

A power converter. I fried my hairdryer using the one I have in Greece, and while I'm sure it was just a user error...I'm afraid to kill another appliance in India....namely my ipad. I would cry. A lot.

This would be the perfect item to lend me by the way :)

Going to need one more (at least) large memory stick for the old camera. I don't want to run out of memory and while I can download some of them off my camera and onto my ipad, I don't want to completely fill up it's memory with pictures.

STILL need a raincoat. I suppose I should just break down and buy one already.

New pajama bottoms. I suppose I'm going to need something to wear to sleep that isn't completely ratty and unpresentable, seeing as how I won't just be hanging out in the safety of my own home.

I'm going to need to make a serious trip to CVS to stock up on the necessary over the counter remedies. Some (I'll refrain from naming which ones) are a necessity when traveling to the third world.

This one maybe not so lendable :)

I'm sure there will be more things I think of, but these are what come to mind at the moment. My trip is less than a month away now! AHHHHH!

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Something to Chew On...

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)