![]() ![]() Or take immigration - we know we need strict controls. The new world rewards those who are open to it. In the era of rapid globalization, there is no mystery about what works - an open, liberal economy, prepared constantly to change to remain competitive. Unless we “own” the future, unless our values are matched by a completely honest understanding of the reality now upon us and the next about to hit us, we will fail - and then the values we believe in become idle sentiments, ripe for disillusion and disappointment. It is replete with opportunities, but they only go to those swift to adapt, slow to complain, open, willing and able to change. The character of this changing world is indifferent to tradition - unforgiving of frailty. All of them will attract capital as it moves, trillions of dollars of it, double what was available even ten years ago, to find the best return. Then wait for the South Americans - and, in time, with our help, the Africans.Īll these nations have labor costs a fraction of ours. Yes, both nations still have millions living in poverty, but they are on the move. They are seizing its possibilities in a way that will transform their lives and ours. They’re not debating it in China and India. You might as well debate whether autumn should follow summer. I hear people say we have to stop and debate globalization. What we can’t do is pretend it is not happening. The pace of change can either overwhelm us or make our lives better and our country stronger. How quickly has the iPod entered the language and the reality of our lives? With what sense of near wonder was the fax machine greeted, just a few years ago, and already overtaken? Perhaps our children more readily understand this and embrace it than we do. So what is the challenge? It is that change is marching on again. ![]() And now, as before, our values have to be applied anew in changing times. We believe in tolerance and respect, in strong communities standing by and standing up for the weak, the sick and the helpless. We believe in social justice, in opportunity not for a privileged few, but for all - whatever their start in life. It is how we put them into practice in a world fast forwarding to the future at unprecedented speed. The challenge we face is not in our values. The world is on the move again - the change in the early 21st century even greater than that of the late 20th century. In the late 20th century, the world had changed, the aspirations of the people had changed, we had to change. Rather than turning a blind eye to this omnipotent force, Blair urges his fellow countrymen to embrace globalization and to stake their own claim for United Kingdom. Can the once center of one of the world’s most expansive empires be scared of globalization? In this Globalist Document, we present British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s aspirations for his country in the face of globalization. ![]()
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