dramatic instrumental [narrator] great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association. In association with thomson reuters. Funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. [narrator] everywhere around us are signs of international trade. The basic idea of trade as economists have understood it now for two centuries is that trade expands the pie, it makes the economy more efficient, it directs resources to comparative advantages as economists say. But it also changes the income distribution. Weve come through this very long period in which the United States went from being a relatively closed economy to being quite an open one. And the result of that was a lot of competition for jobs, for wages, for export opportunities in sectors that really hadnt faced competition before. [narrator] advances in communication, technology, and transport have thrown open the door to trade like no other time in history. Globalization is history, history is globalization, no
Sometimes the price of freedom can be hotly disputed. Consider spain. Not every catalan believes that freedom means independence. As a result, many communities, where some residents call for unity, while others insist on independence, are being torn apart, like in the village of montblanc. Narrator his olives are nearly ripe. Pep andreu is hoping the Catalonian Independence movement will also soon bear fruit. Here in montblanc theyve been fighting to split from the rest of spain for a long time. They believe catalonia shouldnt have to keep paying for the economic failure of other regions. Were always the ones who pay. Its not right. Financial plans need to be fairer. If someone produces more, they should see more returns. Narrator most people in the small town of montblanc favor Catalonian Independence, even though the king bears the title duke of montblanc. The City Government wants to revoke that title. Pedro navarros parents are andalusian, and even though he identifies as catalan,
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