The Unglobals: Groundbreakers in the Age of Economic Nationalism
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Even with growing trends in isolationist, minimalist and protectionist movements, there is limited reading material on the subject. While many people are perplexed by the changes taking place globally and cannot quite put a finger on what’s really happening, "The Unglobals" offers fresh ideas and aims to get a conversation going and find solution pathways to personal and organizational success. Written in a style similar to Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese?, "The Unglobals" offers fictional but plausible stories of individuals who have detached themselves from the globalized world. The notion of globalization alternatives and economic nationalism presented in this short, easy-to-read, thought-provoking book will intrigue readers.
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The Unglobals - J. Mark Munoz
THE
UNGLOBALS
The Unglobals
Groundbreakers in the Age of Economic Nationalism
J. Mark Munoz
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© J. Mark Munoz 2018
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78527-055-0 (Hbk)
ISBN-10: 1-78527-055-9 (Hbk)
This title is also available as an e-book.
This book is dedicated to my parents, Jose Edgar Munoz and Charity Judith Munoz. Hope it inspires you and many others around the world.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
1The World Is Not That Flat
2Unlinked, Unwired, Uninterested
3Unglobal Pathways
About the Author
References
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure
2.1The unglobal mind-set
Tables
3.1The unglobal organizational path
3.2The unglobal personal path
3.3Personal global happiness (PGH) assessment
3.4Personal global happiness (PGH) action plan
1
THE WORLD IS NOT THAT FLAT
The world is truly integrated. Countries, companies and individuals worldwide are all happy. Everyone is winning, right?
Unfortunately, as many of us already know, this is not the current reality. There are winners and losers in our globalized society. While some have reaped the rewards, billions of people have been left behind and continue to live in desperation and poverty. In fact, a World Bank report indicated that about 10 percent of the world population, or 767 million people, lived on less than $1.90 per day (World Bank, 2016).
Millions are leaving their countries to find better lives elsewhere. A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2017) report indicated that there are about 22.5 million refugees, and that approximately 28,300 people each day are forced to leave their homes as a result of conflict and persecution.
In a 2017 Pew Global Report, it was noted that 72 percent of people in Venezuela, 68 percent in Mexico and 57 percent in Jordan felt that life was worse for them now than what it was 50 years ago (Poushter, 2017).
Disparities in trade exist among nations. For instance, about half of globally traded goods (e.g., office equipment) come from emerging countries, while in other sectors (e.g., pharmaceutical industries) developed nations continue to lead (Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2016).
Many companies have not really optimized global participation. In fact, in the United States, the majority of small and medium enterprises do not export, and less than 1 percent of about 30 million firms in the country sell abroad (Pinkus, Manyika and Ramaswany, 2017).
Executives worldwide are aware of the unevenness brought about by globalization. In a PWC (2017) survey of CEOs, 44 percent indicated that globalization has not helped seal the gap between rich and poor.
In the United States and the United Kingdom, news stories with the word globalization
have taken a negative tone due to pressures against globalization in these countries (Ghemawat, 2017). Populist leanings have been evident with the emergence of the America First
phenomenon and Britain’s exit from the European Union, or Brexit.
Negative viewpoints are evident in other countries as well. Reports show that discontentment with globalization has been prevalent. In a YouGov (2016) survey approximately 78 percent of Indonesians, 57 percent of Indians, 53 percent of Filipinos and 52 percent of the French people felt that their country could meet its needs without relying on importations from other nations. In various media around the world, stories of countries taking on populist, protectionist and even isolationist standpoints have become common.
There has been a rise in consumer ethnocentrism and economic nationalism. Trade and globalization have been identified as the cause for job losses (Pinkus, Manyika and Ramaswamy, 2017). There