I say this because thousands of ne'er-do-wells apparently have enough time and money on their hands that they can protest the evils of "globalization" at the World Economic Forum. The forum is ...

The previous poster-child of globalization has been the financial ... near-collapse of the global financial system and the worst economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

In economic terms, it describes an interdependence of countries around the globe fostered through free trade. Globalization is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across nations.