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Young adults today have grown up in a world where globalization is a pervasive reality and where most of our politicians accept its supposed virtues. Sometimes there are discussions about how globalization is losing (or gaining) us jobs, or whether we have globalized too much or not enough, but for most people it is just a fact represented by the labels from all around the world on their clothes or electronic devices. This was not the case when the authors of this book were young; at that time nearly everything we ate, wore, or drove was made in America. Anything from overseas – except specialized luxury goods – was normally assumed to be cheap and inferior. Globalization, at least on the scale we see it today, is a relatively recent phenomenon so it is important to understand how globalization grew so large so fast, what are the perceived and actual gains and costs, and how these are related to energy use.
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Hall, C.A.S., Klitgaard, K.A. (2012). Globalization, Neoliberalism and Energy. In: Energy and the Wealth of Nations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9398-4_8
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