Listen and complete. Use the words from the box. The text is about globalization. When you finish, answer the question at the end.

Why globalization may not reduce inequality in poor countries?

Globalization has made the _______ more equal. As communication gets cheaper and transport gets faster, developing countries have closed the gap with their rich-world counterparts. But within many developing economies, the story is less rosy: _______ has worsened. Basic theory predicts that inequality falls when developing countries enter global markets. The theory of comparative advantage is found in every introductory textbook. It says that poor countries produce _______ requiring large amounts of unskilled labor. Rich countries focus on things requiring skilled workers. Thailand is a big rice exporter, for example, while America is the world's largest exporter of financial _______. As global trade increases, the theory says, _______ workers in poor countries are high in demand; skilled workers in those same countries are less coveted. With more employers clamoring for their services, unskilled workers in developing countries get wage boosts, whereas their skilled counterparts don’t. The result is that inequality falls. But the high inequality seen today in poor countries is prompting new theories. One emphasizes outsourcing—when rich countries shift parts of the production process to poor _______. Contrary to popular belief, multinationals in poor countries often employ skilled workers and pay high wages. A report from the OECD found that average wages paid by _______ multinationals are 40% higher than wages paid by local firms. What is more, those skilled workers often get to work with managers from rich countries, or might have to meet the _______ of an efficient rich-world company. That may boost their productivity. Higher productivity means they can demand even higher wages. By contrast, unskilled workers, or poor ones in rural areas, tend not to have such opportunities. Their _______ does not rise. For these reasons globalization can boost the wages of skilled workers, while crimping those of the unskilled. The result is that inequality rises. Other economic theories try to explain why inequality in developing countries has reached such heights. A Nobel laureate, Simon Kuznets, argued that growing inequality was _______ in the early stages of development. He reckoned that those who had a little bit of money to begin with could see big gains from investment, and could thus benefit from growth, whereas those with nothing would stay rooted in _______. Only with economic development and demands for _______ would inequality fall. Indeed, recent _______ suggests that the growth in developing-country inequality may now have slowed, which will prompt new questions for economists. But as things stand, globalization may _______ to promote equality within the world’s poorest countries.

RACIONALIZACIÓN DE DENOMINADORES

OA 2: Mostrar que comprenden las relaciones entre potencias, raíces enésimas y logaritmos: Comparando representaciones de potencias de exponente racional con raíces enésimas en la recta numérica. Convirtiendo raíces enésimas a potencias de exponente racional y viceversa. Describiendo la relación entre potencias y logaritmos. Resolviendo problemas rutinarios y no rutinarios que involucren potencias, logaritmos y raíces enésimas.

OBJETIVO ESPECÍFICO: Aplicar concepto de racionalización.