Comments on: Across the Border http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/04/across-the-border/ The source on how we live, work and play Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Onesimo Flores http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/04/across-the-border/#comment-6204 Onesimo Flores Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:02:22 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4008#comment-6204 Another effect, perhaps as dramatic, will be the reduction of US consumer demand for Mexican products. The most salient example is automobile production, a leading industry south of the border. As sales of Chrysler and GM products decrease, Mexican plants experience "technical stoppages" ever more often. Several cities in Mexico's industrial north are mono-industrial and their production chain is already suffering... Another effect, perhaps as dramatic, will be the reduction of US consumer demand for Mexican products. The most salient example is automobile production, a leading industry south of the border. As sales of Chrysler and GM products decrease, Mexican plants experience “technical stoppages” ever more often. Several cities in Mexico’s industrial north are mono-industrial and their production chain is already suffering…

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/04/across-the-border/#comment-6193 Michael Wells Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:06:49 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4008#comment-6193 I guess I would add people and labor to the things that are increasingly globalized. This is shown by legal and illegal immigration flowing into and between all the industrialized countries, by the increased mobility of young people looking for places to live, by the numbers of international students. I guess I would add people and labor to the things that are increasingly globalized. This is shown by legal and illegal immigration flowing into and between all the industrialized countries, by the increased mobility of young people looking for places to live, by the numbers of international students.

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/04/across-the-border/#comment-6191 Michael Wells Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:58:27 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4008#comment-6191 In "The World is Flat" Friedman tells about being accused of favoring globalization. He says something like "I guess I do, but I'm also in favor of the sun coming up tomorrow. I don't have much influence on whether either one happens." Globalization and interdependence are going to happen whether we like it or not. Money, corporations, crime, pollution, communications, technology all are globalized and making the world interdependent. Nation states have less and less influence on whether it happens. What they, and Richard's mega-regions, can do is decide how they're going to navigate in the new reality. In “The World is Flat” Friedman tells about being accused of favoring globalization. He says something like “I guess I do, but I’m also in favor of the sun coming up tomorrow. I don’t have much influence on whether either one happens.”

Globalization and interdependence are going to happen whether we like it or not. Money, corporations, crime, pollution, communications, technology all are globalized and making the world interdependent. Nation states have less and less influence on whether it happens. What they, and Richard’s mega-regions, can do is decide how they’re going to navigate in the new reality.

]]> By: Whitney Gunderson http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/10/04/across-the-border/#comment-6156 Whitney Gunderson Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:55:51 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/?p=4008#comment-6156 The financial market panic, and it is a panic, has interesting implications for modern globalization. Is interdependence a good thing only in good times, or bad times as well? Is interdependence psychological or concrete? The associations implied in the quotes make sense, but the broader discussion about interdependence, and how much is productively prudent, remains to be had. I do not think more interdependent globalization is advanced economy golden rod. Across borders, comparative trade, based on place innovation, is the progressively safe answer. The financial market panic, and it is a panic, has interesting implications for modern globalization. Is interdependence a good thing only in good times, or bad times as well? Is interdependence psychological or concrete? The associations implied in the quotes make sense, but the broader discussion about interdependence, and how much is productively prudent, remains to be had. I do not think more interdependent globalization is advanced economy golden rod. Across borders, comparative trade, based on place innovation, is the progressively safe answer.

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