1. Review: Do you feel connected to the rest of the world? How?

3. What is the connection between all of these brands?

4. Globalisation
Learning objective. To understand what globalisation is To understand what is a MNC? To understand what is an FTA?

6. Communication What do think this shows?
Tweets (red) and Retweets (Green) about Japan’s Nuclear/Tsunami Disaster

7. Multinational corporations (MNC’S)
Remember these?
These are all MNC’s

8. What are the characteristics of a MNC?
MNC’s are companies that operate in more than one country.
They usually have their Headquarters in MEDC’s.
They have factories and suppliers in LEDC’s.
In 1990 there were about 30,000 multinational companies. Today there are more than 60,000, with the number still growing.

9. If time – discussion topics The Great Divide

10. Globalisation has brought better health opportunities to the world

11. Globalisation has made societies fight for more democracy and greater social justice

12. Globalisation improves the skill base of developing countries

13. Globalisation allows us to build a world where we know each other better

14. Globalisation has not improved the position of the world’s poor

15. Globalisation leads to low-paid sweatshop workers

16. Globalisation causes job losses in industrialised economies like Britain and the USA

17. The Critics? The Supporters?
Who do you agree with?
The Critics? The Supporters?