Joe Feagin's Article In Terms Of Globalization

The first issue Mr. Feagin points out is that even though the “common-people” watching the news hear that the economy is on the road to recovery and even soon it will be booming again, this is only true of the wealthiest of the world. According to Feagin’s article (2001):

In the United States alone “The top one-fifth of households now has nearly half the income; the bottom one-fifth has less than 4 percent. The top 1 percent of households holds more wealth than the bottom 95 percent, and the wealthy have doubled their share since 1970.”

The ocean that divides the worlds of the wealthy and the common worker continuously grows further apart everyday. Beside monetary status, this divide causes even deeper issues within the working class and the poor, in term

Two comments I feel were very important were small everyday reminders. Feagin reminded sociologists to be a little self-reflective and self-critical every now and then. To remember to stop and look at the surrounding environment and to not get stuck thinking “inside the box”. Then, to not get too tied up with narrow, specified research and to be constantly thinking of a counter system approach to our current system of corrupt system of global capitalization.

The second issue Mr. Feagin touches on is of global capitalism being very profitable for the corporate executives, yet devastating the third world countries that are performing the services to produce the goods for the companies. These companies search for the country who has the cheapest raw materials and labor, then go into the country and ravish the land, destroying the natural beauty and depleting the lakes, rivers, ponds, and anything else they can steal for a next to nothing price tag. One example I have is from NOW with Bill Moyers. On the Sunday program entitled “Rich World Poor Women”, there was a story about Senegal. In the 1950’s the country had one of the model systems of education and healthcare systems for third world countries. Recently, they borrowed money from the World Bank to get on its feet, the World Bank then decided to step in and “help” Senegal. Now, the countries state is almost irreparable. Most hospitals and schools have closed, fishing rights have been signed over to other countries for money, fresh water is now a utility which is paid for, and women are pulled out of work to care for the sick and elderly.

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