Aw, boo hoo, the "globalism is not a zero sum game" scam is being outed as BULLSHIT... worldwide!

[Zalatix]

The old saw that "globalism is not a zero-sum game" is being seen through as the total pile of horseshit that it is.

The world is starting to wake up to the fact that it is a negative-sum game.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/24/the_end_of_the_win_win_world?page=0,0&wpisrc=obinsite

The End of the Win-Win World
Why China’s rise really is bad for America -- and other dark forces at work.
BY GIDEON RACHMAN | JANUARY 24, 2012

In my book Zero-Sum Future, written in 2009, I attempted to predict how the global economic crisis would change international politics. As the rather bleak title implied, I argued that relations between the major powers were likely to become increasingly tense and conflict-ridden. In a worsening economic climate, it would be harder for the big economies to see their relationships as mutually beneficial -- as a win-win. Instead, they would increasingly judge their relationships in zero-sum terms. What was good for China would be seen as bad for America. What was good for Germany would be bad for Italy, Spain, and Greece.

Now, as the paperback edition of my book comes out, the prediction is being borne out -- which is gratifying as an author, although slightly worrying as a member of the human race. The rise of zero-sum logic is the common thread, tying together seemingly disparate strands in international politics: the crisis inside the European Union, deteriorating U.S.-Chinese relations, and the deadlock in global governance.

This new, more troubled mood is reflected at this year's World Economic Forum. In the 20 years before the financial crisis, Davos was almost a festival of globalization -- as political leaders from all over the world bought into the same ideas about the mutual benefits of trade and investment and wooed the same investment bankers and multinational executives. At Davos, this year, the mood is more questioning -- with numerous sessions on rethinking capitalism and on the crisis in the eurozone. The European Union is an organization built around a win-win economic logic. Europe's founding fathers believed that the nations of Europe could put centuries of conflict behind them by concentrating on mutually beneficial economic cooperation. By building a common market and tearing down barriers to trade and investment, they would all become richer -- and, eventually, would get used to working together. Good economics would make good politics. The nations of Europe would grow together.

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Well it sure worked well for the wealthy. Not so much for the workers. The leaders of all these

countries don't seem to care about the working people. I would love to know where are the rich going to hide when shit starts hitting the fan.

[Zalatix]

2. Behind their armies.

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Yes, just what I thought. Living on those ships that are like cities and living in gated

communities. Sooner or later the ship has to land and refuel and you have to leave your gated community. How will they do when they have to face the working people.

[Zalatix]

8. Hopefully they'll sink at sea.

[Boojatta]

3. Does Germany have increasing unemployment ...

because jobs are moving to somewhere in the EU that has much less regulatory protection for employees and the environment?

How is the trade relationship between the USA and China analogous to the situation in the EU?

[Zalatix]

4. It doesn't have to be analogous. The problem is

globalism is developing all kinds of cracks and flaws.

[lonestarnot]

5. Slave labor should develop cracks. Nasty cracks!

Big old nasty cracks!

[JDPriestly]

7. World trade should have been developed at a slower pace.

Economies cannot adjust so quickly. These treaties for free trade are adopted without any concern for the people who must learn new skills or accept unemployment, without concern for the elderly or the very young who will never be able to adjust to the change.