Forbes defines Globalization as the "increasing integration and interdependence of domestic and overseas markets.  This essentially means that the world is moving away from self-contained countries and toward a more connected and integrated globe. Globalization is one of the most prominent trends over the past decade, especially in business and economics. The debate that currently stands is whether or not globalization is beneficial for the United States of America. The argument stems from the fact that towards the beginning of globalization, America reaped the rewards. America boasted a economic rise, cheap manufacturing and other benefits. But as the years passed the trend began to change as jobs were lost and businesses faced unstable aspects like demand and partners. The country is now split almost evenly between supporters and critics of globalization. If you take a look at the facts and the current trends surrounding globalization, it is easy to see that America has received little from the integration. Americans our constantly losing jobs to other countries. Wages in the U.S are also taking a dip and the only Americans benefiting from globalization are the rich who are still having some troubles. Meanwhile, the lower class is dropping lower economically due to the knocking down of countries borders. As trade and markets cross back and forth over boarders, any difficulties that countries are having are also carried from country to country. The global economy and business are currently unstable. Furthermore, globalization is negatively affecting other areas besides business such as the environment. The negatives greatly outweigh the positives of globalization. Globalization is trending toward a bad situation for the United States and looks to be headed that way in the future. Over the past half-century there has been a lot of work put into implementing globalization. "Globalization, since World War II, is partly the result of planning by politicians to break down borders hampering trade. Their work led to the Bretton Woods conference, an agreement by the world's leading politicians to lay down the framework for international commerce and finance, and the founding of several international institutions intended to oversee the processes of globalization. (wikipedia.org). Another thing that can be viewed as a catalyst for globalization is many companyies' quest for global expansion. Utilizing the media, western exports are the first to increase. "Development and growth of international transport and telecommunication played a decisive role in modern globalization. Globalization has been facilitated by advances in technology which have reduced the costs of trade, and trade negotiation rounds, originally under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which led to a series of agreements to remove restrictions on free trade (wikipedia.org). Many barriers for global trade have been lowered due to international agreements, "particular initiatives carried out as a result of GATT and the World Trade Organization (WTO), for which GATT is the foundation, have included: The Uruguay Round (1986 to 1994) led to a treaty to create the WTO to mediate trade disputes and set up a uniform platform of trading. Other bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, including sections of Europe's Maastricht Treaty and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have also been signed in pursuit of the goal of reducing tariffs and barriers to trade (wikipedia.org). Here is where things begin to get excessive. "World exports rose from 8.5% in 1970, to 16.2% of total gross world product in 2001. In the 1990s, the growth of low cost communication networks allowed work done using a computer to be moved to low wage locations for many job types. This included accounting, software development, and engineering design.  (Wikipedia.org). Outsourcing in the 1990's is the beginning of a mean trend that takes from American workers because of low wages in other countries. And then, in the late 2000's, globalization tipped the industrialized world into recession. "Some analysts say the world is going through a period of deglobalization after years of increasing economic integration  (wikipedia.org). After the bright future of globalization fades away, Americ