Lecture 6 Global Shift

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Global Shift

TTO 3 lecture 6 

There are more people living in this circle than outside the circle 

Inhabitatans per country

India and China together have more inhabitants than Europe and Africa.

 

China has about 1.4 billion inhabitants.

India also has about 1.4 billion inhabitants.

Together, they have more than 2.8 billion people.

Europe has about 750 million inhabitants.

Africa has about 1.5 billion inhabitants.

If you add Europe and Africa together, you get about 2.25 billion people.

China van made in China to designed in China.

India: 'Silicon Valley of Asia'.

Other coming up tigers: Malaysia, South-Korea, Singapore, Indonesia

The shift in this centre of gravity shows a global shift.

The economic and political centre of gravity is shifting.

Pacifische oceaan

Pacific ocean

Atlantische oceaan

Atlantic ocean

Atlantische oceaan

Atlantic ocean

Atlantische oceaan

Atlantic ocean

Global  shift:

Atlantic Rim shifts  to the Pacific Rim

Triade 

The international trade and

investment flows are still

especially place between the 3

core areas

USA 

EU

Japan

BRICS

Brasil

Rusland

India

China

South- Africa

BRICS

The BRICS group was founded in 2009 as a counterweight to the dominance of the G7, the group of rich Western industrial countries. Members of the first hour are Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa.

Last year, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates joined.

In 2025, Indonesia also joined.

Global Shift

Global shift is the shift of economic centres of gravity and activities around the world as a result of economic economies of scale.

The world is becoming more and more interconnected

Different countries have different roles within the world system

Those roles can change...

Moving the product/ supply chain

1. Low labor costs

2. Environmental regulations

3. Regulations regarding working conditions

What are the negative consequences of Global Shift?

Unemployment among factory workers

Emigration

What are the positive consequences of Global Shift?

Employment is growing

Wages are often higher elsewhere

Retraining

Assignment 6 

Criteria

Extra info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjr4czDkDEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650vqwKOBmI