What is the relation between globalization and the military industrial complex?
As free trade agreements are negotiated, military and defence related spending is not included. This allows the developed nations to maintain their technological superiority to develop weapons and therefore indirectly subsidizes arms corporations that then sell them to the rest of the world. The arms trade is big business. In fact, it is the largest business in the world. Go There! – Related Section(s): Geopolitics / Human Rights / Trade Related Issues • The global media is dominated by nine corporations. It used to be around 50. That was in the 1980s before all the mergers and buyouts. Even then, some were alarmed that just 50 corporations was not enough for real democracy and diversity! Go There! – Related Section(s): Mainstream Media / Human Rights / Trade Related Issues • It isn’t just Europe that has been vocal about the need for more safety testing of genetically engineered food. Many people around the world are also concerned. In Latin America, however, there are more supporters
