Criticism of Globalization Is Harmless without Criticism of Inequality

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This column was written by invited columnist Luis Prádanos. Economic globalization can be understood as a process in which the growing ecological and social costs of the expansion of consumer culture are paid by those who are least involved in such consumption. By definition, a consumerist culture based on the constant growth of the economy on a finite planet is impossible to sustain over time because the more the global economy expands and grow…