Questão 554487

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 to 25:

Capitalism reconsidered

Remember the triumph of Anglo-Saxon capitalism? Not many do. The nations that inspired the late-20th-century boom in global trade and profited most greatly from its advance no longer define its rules. What the radical individualists of the United States and Britain failed to recognize was how few poor nations had joined the global system by the turn of the millennium: two dozen at best. More than 100 were left out. Now, as more poor nations join the international trading game, they have increased their share of world trade by more than half. They are demanding a greater say in the global system, led by nations that most opposed the “Americanization” of global trade and culture: India, China, Brazil.

This new force looks to Europe for inspiration. As a result, the governors of globalization – the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization – are no longer led by the United States, but by consensus, similar to the EU (European Union). The global rules are cracking down on multinationals that order mass layoffs or grow too powerful for local comfort. Global capitalism is now truly continental.

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