The first globalization debate

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What exactly is up for debate in “The First Globalization Debate,” in which Goodwin explores competing ideas in Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?

Briefly explain the economic logic underlying arguments for a globally integrated economy, where integration refers broadly to the global production and consumption of commodities.

List and explain two critiques of the economic logic - the theory - underlying arguments for a globally integrated economy.

List and explain two critiques of the actually-existing “globally integrated economy,” linking one critique to Made in India and the other critique to Mardi Gras Made in China.

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