Thoughts on this week's readings

I really liked how this textbook began with the General Introduction section, which allowed me to understand the true definition and meaning of what Globalization used to be and is today in society. Some of the things I learned just from the introduction page were that Globalization means different things to different people, it is never a smooth path, the movement of people around the globe poses new health risks, Globalization has been happening for a long time now, and since post-COVID, it might have entered a new phase. In Chapter 1, we got to slowly dive deeper into what Globalization is in the real world. As well as how the government is involved with globalization. In chapter 2, the title says it all 'how to Judge Globalism. This chapter was mostly about how people see globalism and how it's evolved over the decades in the period of western-civilization. I feel that it was cool to see different people's opinions on what globalization has become today compared to older periods of time. (especially with the development and rising evolution of technology. Then, in chapter 8, we jumped right into the history of Neoliberalism, where we got to learn about politics and the economy, as well as how Neoliberalism dominated the world politically. It was fascinating to read all the challenges and struggles they had to face before becoming very powerful.