This process became known as globalization only after China and India joined in during the 1980s, but it had started long before. It was globalization, after all, that created what in France became known as Les Trente Glorieuses – the 30 glorious years of rapidly rising living standards following the end of WWII.
战后几年标志着完全不同的方向，各国纷纷打开大门，允许更加自由的贸易、资本、思想和人事流动。这一过程在20世纪80年代中国和印度加入之后才被称为全球化，但其实早就已经开始。毕竟，是全球化带来了法国人所谓的“光辉的三十年”（Les Trente Glorieuses）——二战结束后生活水平快速提高的三十年。