People wait for free food outside an eatery in Ahmedabad, India, on January 20, 2021. While globalisation has benefited a handful of countries, it has exacerbated the inequality and marginalisation of poorer regions of the world. Photo: AP
People wait for free food outside an eatery in Ahmedabad, India, on January 20, 2021. While globalisation has benefited a handful of countries, it has exacerbated the inequality and marginalisation of poorer regions of the world. Photo: AP
Mzukisi Qobo
Opinion

Opinion

Mzukisi Qobo

Death of globalisation is overhyped and distracts from its real problem – inequality

  • Trade and geopolitical conflicts are temporary setbacks
  • What should worry us more is the inequitable distribution of the benefits of globalisation and the emergence of new technologies that reproduce global disparities

People wait for free food outside an eatery in Ahmedabad, India, on January 20, 2021. While globalisation has benefited a handful of countries, it has exacerbated the inequality and marginalisation of poorer regions of the world. Photo: AP
People wait for free food outside an eatery in Ahmedabad, India, on January 20, 2021. While globalisation has benefited a handful of countries, it has exacerbated the inequality and marginalisation of poorer regions of the world. Photo: AP
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