The growing interconnectedness of the world has both benefits and drawbacks.
What Is Globalization?
Explore examples of globalization to understand the benefits and challenges of our increasingly interconnected world in this video.
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It Takes a Village to Make Your Medicine
Follow the global supply chain across borders and into your pill bottle.
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Trains, Planes, and Shipping Containers
Three innovations shaped how people and goods move around the world today.
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Six Essential International Organizations You Need to Know
Learn about the most prominent international organizations tackling the world’s biggest issues in this free resource.
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A Global Semiconductor Shortage
Expensive cars? Phone order delays? Learn how today’s globalized supply chain can affect our daily lives by exploring the global semiconductor shortage.
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How Globalization Affects What’s for Brunch
Globalization’s effects can appear where you least expect them—including on your plate.
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Big in China: The Global Market for Hollywood Movies
Hollywood’s relationship with the Chinese market—and its gatekeepers, Chinese government censors—is changing the way movies are made and promoted.
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Two Hundred Years of Global Communications
From the printing press to Instagram, technological advances shape how people communicate.
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Human Trafficking in the Global Era
Understand the various forms of human trafficking, including forced labor, forced marriage, and forced organ removal.
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