QUO VADIS UNCLE SAM? THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION

Autor polazi od pretpostavke da je laissez faire tradicija u ekonomiji i politici legitimna. Međutim, kako je pokazao razvoj globalizacije, ovo učenje nailazi na različite prepreke. Autor pokazuje da se antiglobalizmu pridružuju i političari (i teoretičari) najmoćnijih zemalja. Oni su napustili duh jedinstva i humanizma, pa kapitalizam danas šire nepopularnim sredstvima: političkom i vojnom silom. U tom se smislu u tekstu podastire niz dokaza iz kojih se zaključuje da su danas izgledi liberalne političke i ekonomske filozofije vrlo skromni. Zapravo, ona je svedena samo na ideal. To je tužni rezultat dosadašnje globalizacije, nakon obećanja Fukuyaminoga ‘kraja Povijesti’, iako autor vjeruje da još nije sve izgubljeno.The author’s starting point in this article is a presupposition that the laissez faire tradition in economy and politics is legitimate. Still, the globalization processes point out the weaknesses of that presupposition. The author shows that the politicians (and theorists) of the most powerful countries have joined the antiglobalization camp. They no longer hold to the spirit of unity and humanity, and they spread capitalism with unpopular means: political and military might. In that sense the author points out to evidence that leads to a conclusion that the chances for a liberal political and economic philosophy are very weak. In fact, it is only an ideal. That is the sad result of the globalization process to date after the promise of Fukuyama’s ‘end of History’. Still, the author believes that not everything is lost