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Geotrac Foundation
1505 Great Woods Boulevard
Columbus, OH 43231
United States https://geotracfoundation.org/
SIBF Member (Special)
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Globalization is inexorably moving forward and that is not going to change. Norwalk, Ohio, like many small towns, rides on the tides of the global economy. Like a cork floating at the whim of the wind and current small towns across America are driven by a fear of change, a fear of things different and a mindset of listening carefully to those who talk of a poverty of opportunities when all is possible. In contrast, in South Asia, Indians are excited about the careers that globalization will bring to them. They plan and prepare for their future in the global economy. Young adults in China, Singapore, El Salvador and around the world embrace the new paradigm. There is a rising tide of the world’s young claiming their place in a smart, sophisticated, increasingly globalized society. We can no longer say like our parents did, “Finish your dinner, there are starving children in China.” Rather we should say, "Finish your homework there are children in China who want your job.” The language of the internet drives globalization and this language belongs to the young. It, and they, will fashion the economies and societies of the future. Integration with this future is more than economics. It embraces varied cultures; it treasures education and it feeds upon, and offers sustenance to free market economies. It is ever-evolving, never standing still. It rewards those who recognize that it is ripe with opportunities – including the opportunity to address social ills. It punishes those who ignore it. Maybe not today or even next year but little by little, or perhaps in one fatal plunge, the left behind find their struggles exacerbated. And, of equal importance, the non-monetary personal richness to be had from participation in the new global society is denied to all who choose to linger. We here in the United States are blessed with a choice. Many around the world have little choice.
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Geotrac Foundation
Columbus, OH 43231
United States https://geotracfoundation.org/
SIBF Member (Special)