Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Here is Senator Barack Obama's 2008 speech about globalization. We watched the first 2:30 minutes together. Feel free to watch the rest and leave your impressions in a comment.

Here is the summary we wrote together:

This speech is a video of a speech given by Senator Barack Obama in 2008, before the Presidential elections. He talks about globalization in a positive way. He talks about the what has allowed globalization to advance. He talks about technology and communication, the collapse of the Soviet Union and capitalism as positive advancements.
There are many consequences, one being emerging countries which are a challenge to America. Another consequence of globalization is immigration.
He finished his speech saying tht he had no doubt that America can compete and succeed in the 21st century.