“Globalization is not in itself a folly: It has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.”

—  Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen, "Ten theses on globalization." New Perspectives Quarterly 18.4 (2001): 9-9.
2000s

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