“We’ve been discussing the concept of globalization in class, and today I’d like to ask you a question related to that topic. Some people argue that globalization is beneficial to everyone because it creates more opportunities for trade, travel, and cultural exchange. Others believe that it has negative impacts on developing countries and on the environment.”
"What do you think? Is globlization a positive or negative force in the world today?”
I personally believe that globalization generally has positive influences on the world overall. First, it enables developing countries to have access to a wider range of international markets. Some people may argue that those under-developed countries have no edge, compared to such already industrialized countries as the US or Japan. However, even such countries whose facilities, technology, or living standards are inferior to that of developed countries can have benefits from international trade if they utilize comparative advantage, minimizing opportunity costs of production. It’s economics 101, so there should be no doubt concerning it. Second, social media can serve as not only to promote their own industries but further annunciate their own problems in such affairs as international trade, indigenous conflicts that require global attention, or clarifying their identity in the globalized world. Thus, I reckon that globalization overall has positive impacts on developing countries, not to mention the entire world itself.
Professor: As I briefly mentioned in class last week, starting a small business involves both risks and rewards. So, let’s explore this topic a little more. Before we meet again next week, I would like to have your responses to this question: If you were offered a position with a large company and also an opportunity to start your own business, which would you choose to do? Why?
It seems people may vary on this topic depending on their own experiences of life, but I would choose a position with a large company. First, large corporations guarantee that you earn at least satisfying amoung of salary. Even though the workload you are expected to meet would be an obstacle for your well-being, such compansation as six digit salary would be very both encouraging and inspiring. Moreover, large companies usually entail highly advanced systematical operation, which will grant you a glimpse of how you should organize a company when running your own business in the future. Life never goes as expected. There are possibilities that later in time you find yourself working in a start-up business where no more than 10 employees work. In such a situation, your experience from large companies would be beneficial both to your companies’ prospects and to ensuring your position in the company, contributing to your salary raise in turn.
Professor: Hello class! Next week we will be discussing the impact of social media influencers on consumer behavior. With the rise of social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube, we’ve seen the emergence of a new type of celebrity: the social media influencer. These influencers have large followings and can sway consumer behavior by endorsing products or services. What are your thoughts on this?
I believe social media influencers largely have positive impacts on the markets overall. First, nowadays, so many products are in sale, and mundane customers don’t have time to distinguish which product is worth buying or whether they had better purchase a certain merchandise over others. Social media influencers can contribute to consumers’ reasonable and informed decision-making in this regard. They buy new products in the markets on behalf of us and post videos reviewing them in detail on the Internet, further leaving criticism on it. We customers in turn watch them and having consulted to the information given in such videos, deterine whether we are purchasing a particular product. Second, social media influencers can encourage the public to participate in certain social campaigns whose intents are for the good of the world. For instance, they can promote the political agenda that we should prevent companies from indiscriminately devastating the environment by reducing the usage rate of harmful chemecals in manufaturing their products. If they upload such videos, their numerous followers would click on them and become aware of such information subsequently, contributing to forcing companies to cease to detrimentally affect the environment.
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