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Defending Globalization
Defending Globalization is a new Cato Institute multimedia project on all aspects of the fundamentally human activity that we call globalization.
Exploring the Real Faces of Globalization
Cato Institute Vice President Scott Lincicome discusses the motivation behind the Faces of Globalization video series and the Defending Globalization project.
From Textile Town to Ghost Town to Car Town: West Point, Georgia
Once a textile town hurt by globalization, West Point, Georgia, has been reborn thanks to those same economic forces, boosting thousands of lives along the way.
More Than Just a “Cheap T‑Shirt”: Guatemala Textiles
“Cheap T‑shirts” help Americans stretch their budgets and help these Guatemalans—and millions of others like them—escape poverty.
Globalization for Fun and Profit: The Digital Gaming Economy
Gamers are the new, fresh faces of digital trade and 21st-century globalization, and they’re part of an industry that today dwarfs music and movies combined.
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Introducing Defending Globalization, a New Cato Institute Project
Globalization faces renewed attention—and criticism. Like any market phenomenon, the free movement of people, things, money, and ideas across natural or political borders is imperfect and often disruptive. But it has also produced undeniable benefits—for the United States and the world—that no other system can match. And it’s been going on since the dawn of recorded history.
The Moral Case for Globalization
Globalization has had tremendous net benefits, and the freedom to move, trade, and think is central to being human.
Globalization Is about People, Not Governments
Populist calls for the “death of globalization” ignore not only the practical and moral benefits of open markets but also their fundamental humanity.