Blog Post #1

Olivia Simons

Globalization has had a huge effect on my life. Lots of the things we enjoy today are possible because of Globalization. We talked in class about exotic fruits. Many of my favorite fruits are products of other countries. Globalization makes it possible for us to enjoy those fruits that we are unable to grow here on United States soil. Globalization can either really help a specific country by providing well-paying jobs, or it can harm a country by making the prices too high for the locals to afford some of their food and products that come directly from their land. I tried to think of an example that related to me specifically. I drive a Volkswagen car. Volkswagen is a German company known for making some of the safest cars. I always thought that Volkswagen cars were made in Germany and shipped here to the US. After looking into this a little bit I came to realize that the Headquarters in Germany actually hire people in Mexico to work on assembly lines to build and manufacture the cars. They specialize in specific parts of the car which makes for a very productive business of manufacturing Volkswagen cars. It provides a very good job for people in Mexico and actually is helping the locals by opening up more job opportunities. Now we have so many countries all around the world involved in this one trade. It also provides for people at individual dealerships across the globe. As a result we end up with a good quality car that is available for consumers to purchase. It involves so many people and seems to me to be a very positive production.