The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization
Posted on AllSides March 27th, 2020
From The Left
OPINION
We are experiencing a painful introduction to anti-globalism and its consequences.
To fight a pandemic, governments are erecting barriers to the movement of people and goods unlike anything seen since the end of World War II. In some ways, the new barriers are even tighter. America’s borders with Canada and Mexico remained open during the war, but they are closed now.
These interventions have been introduced as temporary measures. Globalization is suspended only for the duration, governments insist. But if we are not very careful now, during the crisis, the...
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