by Richard Lyon
The term globalization came into use in academic circles during the 1950s. By the 1990s it had entered the mainstream vocabulary. Today it is thought of as something that is almost inseparable from the neoliberal economic and political policies that are dominating the process. People who are actively opposed to those policies speak in terms of stopping globalization. The basic purpose of this diary is to present the process of globalization in an historical context that separates it from today's realities. I plan to write other diaries on neoliberalism. This diary will be used as background for those. I wish to make it clear at the outset that I am no fan of neoliberalism. However we will see that there have been a number of points in history where a process of geographical integration has been controlled by one group of people to impose their interests on other people.
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