Pós pico da globalização...

Gosto das ideias de Ghemawatt acerca da globalização.
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Aliás, Ghemawatt não acredita que exista uma globalização, defende que existe uma semiglobalização.
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As ideias de Ghemawatt são compatíveis com o meu planeta Mongo, um planeta com uma paisagem competitiva super-enrugada.
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A minha última encomenda de leitura foi "World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It". Hoje, verifico que a The Economist faz uma análise ao livro:
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"Far from “ripping through people’s lives”, as Arundhati Roy, an Indian writer, claims, globalisation is shaped by familiar things, such as distance and cultural ties. Mr Ghemawat argues that two otherwise identical countries will engage in 42% more trade if they share a common language than if they do not, 47% more if both belong to a trading block, 114% more if they have a common currency and 188% more if they have a common colonial past.
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What about the “new economy” of free-flowing capital and borderless information? Here Mr Ghemawat’s figures are even more striking. Foreign direct investment (FDI) accounts for only 9% of all fixed investment. Less than 20% of venture capital is deployed outside the fund’s home country. Only 20% of shares traded on stockmarkets are owned by foreign investors. Less than 20% of internet traffic crosses national borders."
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"That FDI fell from nearly $2 trillion in 2007 to $1 trillion in 2009 can be put down to the global financial crisis. But other trends suggest that globalisation is reversible. (Moi ici: Tenho escrito sobre a Torre de Babel, sobre a proximidade, sobre a vantagem da rapidez) Nearly a quarter of North American and European companies shortened their supply chains in 2008 (the effect of Japan’s disaster on its partsmakers will surely prompt further shortening)."
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Mongo, Mongo por todo o lado "Mr Ghemawat also explodes the myth that the world is being taken over by a handful of giant companies. The level of concentration in many vital industries has fallen dramatically since 1950 and remained roughly constant since 1980: 60 years ago two car companies accounted for half of the world’s car production, compared with six companies today.
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He also refutes the idea that globalisation means homogenisation. The increasing uniformity of cities’ skylines worldwide masks growing choice within them, to which even the most global of companies must adjust."
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"In general companies frequently have more to gain through exploiting national differences — perhaps through arbitrage—than by muscling them aside." (Moi ici: Aqui os teimosos que nos querem impor um acordo ortográfico não percebem como a cultura podem ser uma poderosa barreira para proteger os mais pequenos... já o escreveu Peter Schwartz "There will be economic reasons for each nation to keep its unique culture intact.")