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The Threads of Globalization

Globalization is not one process but at least three — goods and capital, rules and authority, symbols and meaning — and they move at different speeds, in different directions, for different people. Pull each thread apart, then see what happens when you tighten and loosen them together.

One world, three threads

Tap a thread to light up the flows — then tap a region on the globe.
Three threadstap one to begin
Read it through a paradigm
Set the three threads
Trade & capital opennesstariffs down, investment free to move70
Supranational authoritytreaties, courts, and bodies above the state40
Media & migration flowsymbols, screens, and people crossing borders65
What those settings produce
Interdependencehow much each society needs the others—
Inequality pressuregains concentrating, losses spread—
Cultural convergencepressure toward one global menu—
Counter-movement pressurePolanyi’s double movement—
Or load a historical setting
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