Introduction

Greetings internet people. My name is David I am an Arizona State University undergraduate student working on concurrent B.S. degrees in Justice Studies and Geography with a certificate in Geographic Information Sciences or GIS. GIS is really just a fancy way of making maps and running analysis on spatial (place) data with the help of a computer.

My core areas of study are immigration, the Southwestern United States and a geographic focus on hydrology and natural resource issues and a little bit of economics just for fun.

Being a geographer with a liberal arts focus I am concerned with the human aspect of that for lack of a better term I call the “new global village economy.” This is not a new concept; it is only new in the sense that it is now becoming accepted as fact and the way of future economic success.

What is it? Essentially the world is no longer a group of divided states, borders are dissolving and national economies are growing together. Case-in-point: The European Union and the adoption of the Euro. Large-scale international trade or goods and services have also become normal practices.

These global alliances and covenants present an interesting quandary. How does a state retain its nationality and culture amidst apparent dissolving boarders? Also, what do the people have to say about this and why is it important to examine this issue. The easy way to answer the latter question is simple, because of money. If only it were that easy. Through the course of this blog I will like to study and share information regarding the social forces pushing for and recoiling against the emergence of the new global village economy.