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Author(s) -

Harry Hutchinson

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

mechanical engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1943-5649

pISSN - 0025-6501

DOI - 10.1115/1.2005-dec-4

Subject(s) - headway , china , globalization , factory (object oriented programming) , engineering , conformity assessment , world economy , conformity , international trade , european union , economy , political science , business , economics , market economy , law , operations management , transport engineering , computer science , programming language

This article highlights that depending on whom you ask, we are building a future in which everybody enjoys a share of the world’s wealth, or we are eroding the economies of the developed nations in pursuit of cheap wages. It is not likely to stop any time soon. In a worldwide economy, everyone is a potential partner and potential competitor. Factory workers in the United States or Germany compete for jobs with counterparts in Korea and Indonesia. Even the not-for-profits compete. After watching the European Union make headway with its standards in China, ASME led a drive to form the Consortium on Standards and Conformity Assessment. Over the years, ASME and the engineering profession were shaped by many influences-by wars, depression, and the coming of cars, electricity, rockets, and computers. Each has had a hand for good and bad in shaping the world. Globalization is only the latest development in a long tradition.

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