Discussion Questions for the Film: Global Village Or Global Pillage

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Global Village or Global Pillage? Viewing Questions

1. Explain what is meant by a race to the bottom?

2. In what respects does this describe our situation today? What does it miss about our situation?

3. Compare its assessment with that of Beaudoin.

4. What would you include as the minimum requirements for a living wage that treats workers with dignity?

5. What strategies does the film offer for dealing with the problems of globalization?

6. What strategies does Beaudoin offer for dealing with these problems?

7. Evaluate these strategies. What alternative approaches do you see?

8. Recommended: read the book upon which the film is based.

Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello. Global Village or Global Pillage : Economic Reconstruction from the Bottom Up. Boston, MA : South End Press, 1994. Dayton Memorial Library Call No. HC59.15 .B74 1994