Against globalisation

1) The scepticism against globalisation is really scepticism against plutocracy.

2) Proponents of globalisation underestimated the political and cultural challenges to assimilation.

3) The idea behind globalisation was that it is possible to imagine a system of economic interdependencies which are structured in such a way that mitigated the zero sum aspects of global trade.

4) The desire for deepening global interconnections was never driven by technical economic argument. 

5) Globalisation is more uneven and complex than presented in caricatures. At its best, it had an ethical impulse, a new imagination about the possibilities of organising human society. At its worst, it was elites and special interests seeking new pastures of opportunity even when the overall benefits were in doubt.

5) As nationalism gains ground, there is a real danger that nuanced debates on globalisation will be replaced by more atavistic revolt against its possibilities.