Where to Go From Here

It seems from the reading that I have done up to this date that globalization is a tricky situation. Everyone seems to have a solid argument for their taken stance; however, it appears that despite any resistance, globalization will push on and their will be no stopping it. With that said, I agree with Amartya Sen's article, "How to Judge Globalism," which suggests that reform should be made to prevent the furthering of inequality and poverty in the distribution of globalization's benefits. Sen credits other parts of the world which have greatly contributed to globalization and proceeds to say that globalization is falsly accused of being synonomous for Westernization, "in fact, [globalization is] neither new nor necessarily Western." Sen provides evidence that the spread of information used to move from East to West. Products such as the wheelbarrow, paper and the magnetic compass were all ideas of far away lands originating in the East. This further supports Sen's argument that only the title "globalization" is new but the spread of ideas and trends is history.
Sen supports the process of globalization, yet realizes that it is an imperfect system. The main issue of globalization is not poverty, but it is "how to make good use of the remarkable benefits of economic intercourse and technological progress in a way that pays adequate attention to the interests of the deprived and the underdog." This argument of finding a better way to fairly distribute the many benefits of globalization is the fundamental goal of the "so-called antiglobalization movement." The hope of globalization is to find away of "sharing the potential gains from globalization - between rich and poor countries and among different groups within a country." Globalization is imperfect and does have issues to confront, yet globalization is not the issue in itself. Sen is in support of the system which evidently provides many benefits to people across the globe, believing that it "deservesa reasoned defense." Yet though Sen may defend globalization, she also agrees that reform is in need to please people alike and prevent a massive and growing gap of inequality worldwide.