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Barack Obama: “Globalization, combined with rapid progress in technology…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Final Address by President at United Nations General Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 11:12

It starts with making the global economy work better for all people, and not just for those at the top. While open markets, capitalism have raised standards of living around the globe, Globalization, combined with rapid progress in technology, has weakened the position of workers. in their ability to secure a decent wage. And advanced economies like my own unions have been undermined and many manufacturing jobs have disappeared. (11:12–11:31)

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Asserts that globalization and technological advances have negatively impacted workers' job security and wages.

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