Globalization for Everyone
Nowadays, globalization’s opponents seem to be drowning out its defenders – not least because of the very real surge in inequality in recent decades. But there is a way to make globalization work for everyone, and it depends on information technology – specifically, blockchain, the decentralized ledger that underpins Bitcoin.
LIMA – Nowadays, globalization’s opponents seem increasingly to be drowning out its defenders. If they get their way, the post-World War II international order – which aimed, often successfully, to advance peace and prosperity through exchange and connection – could well collapse. Can globalization be saved?