Topic > Criticism of Naomi Klein's No Logo - 1288

Naomi Klein's No Logo claims that companies have supported globalization using the reasons that globalization allows US consumers to benefit from cheaper products made abroad, while Developing nations benefit from economic growth spurred by foreign investment. The generally accepted belief is that government policies should be established in favor of companies to facilitate the transfer of corporate profits to final consumers and workers abroad. Klein, however, argues that globalization rarely benefits workers in developing countries. Companies look to countries with cheap labor to lower production costs. As a result, they will engage in practices such as banning unions and selecting a passive workforce, which is often made up of young women, to ensure that their low-wage policies face little or no resistance. Ultimately, to attract investment from multinationals, governments in third world countries must compete with each other to leverage their workforce to provide the cheapest products. Furthermore, instead of sharing profits with workers, companies spend most of the money saved from labor on advertising and celebrity spokespeople. There is no unanimous voice on the topic of globalization from the business community. It is undeniable that unfair labor practices exist abroad. A notable proponent of globalization is the economist E.F. Schumacher, who spoke out vehemently against the nascent practice of globalization and believes in mass production in his book Small is Beautiful in 1973. Schumacher argues that mass production through labor specialization it actually harms poverty more. -affected countries. He argues that labor specialization was developed to benefit nations with small populations, whose growth has been limited by labor shortages, and is therefore incompatible with developing countries that generally have large populations. The specialization of labor in nations with large populations only serves to enslave the majority of the population to the monotonous production of goods that is devoid of any spiritual purpose and limits the creative potential of workers. Furthermore, Schumacher also argues that the goal of government and community is to ensure that every person within the community has the means to lead a meaningful existence. Globalization, on the other hand, does not benefit communities. Many developing nations that are home to multinational corporations have a large percentage of the population with little or no means of survival.