Topic 9.7 deals with both globalization & anti-globalization. While the globalization of culture has in many ways raised awareness & appreciation of cultural diversity, economic globalization has led to serious concerns and even resistance to globalization. We will learn that this comes from both non-governmental and governmental sources and thus created a network of organizations to promotes equal distribution of economic resources & challenge the lopsided capitalistic-inspired economy. Many contend that corporations and financial institutions (i.e., banks, etc) have too much control in global markets, and organizations such as the International Monetary Fund & the World Trade Organization were created to offset this. But anti-globalists feel that these organizations actually work to maximize profit and sacrifice safety and labor concerns to benefit corporations and financial institutions. However, some countries, such as North Korea, as we will see, have resisted economic and cultural globalization. Others, such as Saudi Arabia and China, have resisted cultural globalization, particularly through controlling the internet. These countries want goods and money to flow freely among nations, but they are more restrictive of how people and ideas across borders.