What is Globalization?
{{wikify|date=May 2022}} Globalization is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across nations. == Definition == It is a term which may be used broadly to mean doing things as distant people do them, or more narrowly to mean complying to global [[standard]]<nowiki/>s in economy, politics, culture, education, environment or other matters. It describes the way countries and people of the world interact and integrate. Many things have become globalized as people come into contact. Economic globalization is how countries are coming together as one big global economy,<ref>{{cite web | last = Daly | first = Herman | authorlink = Herman E. Daly | title = Globalization versus Internationalization - some implications | work= Ecological Economics | volume = 31 | pages = 31–37 | publisher = Elsevier | date = 1999 | url=http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ejdericks/EEtheory/Daly_on_Globalization.pdf}}</ref> This is all making [[international trade]] easier. In the late 20th century, many people agreed to lower [[tariff]]s, or taxes on [[good (economics)|goods]] that are [[import]]ed from other countries. [[Telegraphy]] and other [[communication]] technologies have helped people to buy and sell products from around the world, thus bringing globalization. Herman E. Daly has said that there is an important difference between internationalization and globalization. [[Internationalization]] is about nations working together for the same goals. These are things like treaties, alliances, and other international agreements. Globalization is about [[international trade]] that are being less blocked by national [[border]]s. Political globalization is how institutions and countries can influence the whole world. The [[United Nations]] is an example of globalization because most countries of the world are members of its [[United United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]]. This international organization can make countries follow rules and apply economic sanctions to a country that doesn't. This means the countries in