Economy by itself is something which goes beyond national borders. We sum up 4 aspects of economy in relation to globalisation which can be used to learn from the interdependance of economy and globalisation for education:
Economy starts when people are not autarchy anymore. Thus, the driving force of economy is that what you produce, is for the needs of other people. So economy will work better if people/employees are conscious of 1) the consumers and his needs; 2) the product/service as a whole in relation to his/here own contribution. This history of economy started with exchange trade within small villages, and further developed by development of states and cities (from the beginning of agrary stateforming) and with the peddler/vendor in classic/old societys, who hopped from village to farm to village to city beyond borders.
The possibility to exchange goods is supported by a common trustworthy exchange good (money), infrastructure/mobility and transparancy of needs and goods. To express a value in a common exchange good is very important for the development of economy. This is the question of money. But what is valued in one country, can be huge lower valued in other countries. In this way economys can be build via asynchrone valueing of goods. The economy got a huge development with the introduction from money, from the beginning in Lydicym (Western Turky) and China around 6 & 5th C BC, to the introduction of papermoney and banks by the Templers in the 11/12 C AD, the introduction of stock exchange by the East Indien Company in the Netherlands in 16C and the introduction of digital money in the 20C.
Products are clotted hidden values. When it comes to dialogue in knowledge, you can keep out knowledge by not telling, translating or transferring this knowledge if you disagree. But products themselves are clotted/curdled objects of norms and values. But these products are not chosen for their norms, but for personal needs. So in that way products come in by needs, but have a indirect influence on norms & values and in that way have a globalising impact, or specific are dangerous for beliefs which has no answer to certain questions/customs.
Most products are made of different continents. Simple exercises in how is a product made of, leads you most of the time directly to very different connections in different countries. So every day you are eating or using products/services which are made by persons in different countries and connects you in very indirective way.
| 25-11-2010 | | European history, a story of diversity and exchange |
